Friday, March 24, 2006
from boy to soldier
this is a story of a determined young man who saw what he wanted, dodged a few blows, and became an example in his job today.
He worked two jobs, both medical, just to make it by in life. He was an EMT, he got his license through a volunteer fire dep't in an elderly community on the east coast of Florida. they helped pay for school and all that good stuff but he had to do volunteer work for them.
(now that i think of it why did he need a house(lol)).
on his paid jobs he was working 80 hrs a week average and sleeping, when not responding to calls, at the volunteer fire dep't. Then something awful happened. 7:45 A.M on 9-11 terrorist attack, the fury we all felt, it was enough to help this man make a decision that would change his life. He decided to go army end of september beginning of October. They told him he was overweight (20lbs), and he had to lose it before the date the bus left or wait till next month. Not this determined individual. He rode his bike 30 miles a day (estimate probably rode more). He peddled to work to the beach. He even peddled to my house a good 14 miles from his house alone. He did it he lost his weight and joined the army.
Everyone knows the armys' first step is the hardest, yes Boot Camp.
this is where I will leave this story for now. I will hold an interview with this soldier and let him tell us about his experience at boot camp and various other training bases. I will also make sure to include some of his experiences in Iraq, the bad and the good. All the way up to present day.
When it is here I will put it on my current events site which you can find here.
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He worked two jobs, both medical, just to make it by in life. He was an EMT, he got his license through a volunteer fire dep't in an elderly community on the east coast of Florida. they helped pay for school and all that good stuff but he had to do volunteer work for them.
(now that i think of it why did he need a house(lol)).
on his paid jobs he was working 80 hrs a week average and sleeping, when not responding to calls, at the volunteer fire dep't. Then something awful happened. 7:45 A.M on 9-11 terrorist attack, the fury we all felt, it was enough to help this man make a decision that would change his life. He decided to go army end of september beginning of October. They told him he was overweight (20lbs), and he had to lose it before the date the bus left or wait till next month. Not this determined individual. He rode his bike 30 miles a day (estimate probably rode more). He peddled to work to the beach. He even peddled to my house a good 14 miles from his house alone. He did it he lost his weight and joined the army.
Everyone knows the armys' first step is the hardest, yes Boot Camp.
this is where I will leave this story for now. I will hold an interview with this soldier and let him tell us about his experience at boot camp and various other training bases. I will also make sure to include some of his experiences in Iraq, the bad and the good. All the way up to present day.
When it is here I will put it on my current events site which you can find here.
US'>http://wehearitfirst.blogspot.com/">US
