In 2015, I went to Aqaba, Jordan as part of military training exercise. During our last week in country we were given the opportunity to visit the city of Petra. What I remember most about this trip was that I didn’t really care where we were going it was break from our regular operational tempo. When we got there it was really interesting to learn that people travel from all over the country to visit The Great Temple and Monastery which both are very sacred places to the region. We rode donkeys and tried a lot of great food but it was a lot of walking from site to site. The visit to this historical place turned out to be an awesome trip and helped me to get a some what of better understanding of the people and just how important religion truly is there.