You may wonder what made me decide to be a Cadet at Tech, it all started in high school back in good old Casa Grande, Az. I was what many considered a "rebel" in high school, know around campus and town as somewhat of a trouble maker. But I also played 4 years of varsity football, starting all 4 years as a strong safety. My performance attracted the attention of the head coach at Hamline University located in St. Paul, Minnesota and I was offered a full ride to come play for him. This excited me but come the end of the year I hit a wall, I needed a minimum gpa of 3.6 and ended up having a 3.3 so i became ineligible due to the standards set by Hamline. I lost interest in college and knowing that if I stuck around Casa Grande I would end up in trouble, the choice was made and I joined the Army.
I graduated Combat Engineer AIT (Advanced Individual Training) 5 months after graduating high school and 2 months after that my boots touched ground in Afghanistan. I spent a year conducting combat missions in the Helmand & Paktika provinces of the country and in October of 2008 I returned home to the wonderful USA. I am now in the National Guard and continue to train with one of the top Sapper units in the nation. I am looking forward to returning to the war, some people call me crazy, but they will never understand the feeling of fighting side by side with your brothers.
When I have free time I love to listen to music as well as make my own mix's and beats. I am also a devote Paintball player and have been for the past 14 years. I used to play professionally and was ranked among the top in the country for solo players. I earned money through high school by becoming a Referee and eventually Head Referee at the local paintball field. I also love to ride my Gixxer 750, it is something I love to do and when I am stressed or angry all I have to do is turn on the Itouch, and ride where ever the road takes me.
I look forward to keeping up with everyone's blogs and seeing how interesting other Tech students lives our when not influenced by the Corps.
Your Army record is very impressive! Being a 21B must be pretty awesome. (I was just looking through your 21B pictures on facebook haha). The fact that you were deployed to Afghanistan and want to go back to the war shows your dedication and how brave you are. Hopefull I'll see you over there sometime. What unit were you attached to before you came to VT?
ReplyDeleteI'm surprised and amazed to learn that you have actually already been to Afghanistan already. I also commend you for your talents in football, which must be pretty impressive to attract the attention of a college coach. I also find it interesting to learn at your excellent abilities in paintball. Although I've never gone myself, I've heard that it's pretty intense when playing and to hear someone being nationally ranked is amazing. Keep of the good work in all your activities!
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