I'm 39 years old, was born in Rhode Island and grew up there. At age 18 I joined the Rhode Island National Guard while I was going to school. At age 20, I went active and have been stationed at Ft. Riley, KS; Korea; Ft. Hood, TX; and Ft. Drum, NY as part of the 10th Mountain Division, the National Training Center at Ft. Irwin, CA, Military Transition Team in Iraq, and now a Ground Liaison to the Air Force at Dyess AFB, TX.
I have seven deployments. One each to Korea, Bosnia and Kosovo, three to Iraq and then one to the Middle East in general supporting both OEF and OND.