Hi. I’m Erin Helle. I graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 2009 where I swam for the Army team. I went on to serve as an Engineer in the US Army from 2009-2017.
My name is Chris Wysong. I live in La Crosse, Wisconsin. I’m originally from a small town in Iowa. After my high school graduation, I joined the Army. The year was 1990.
My name is Nick Padlo, and I am located in Jacksonville Florida. After high school, I headed to college at West Point, where I served as the Cadet Honor Captain my senior year. From 2003-2008, I served as a Military Intelligence Officer in the US Army, leaving my time in service as a Captain. I was stationed with 25th Infantry Division in Honolulu Hawaii, with two combat deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq for 27 months.
I am Kevin Ruth and I served as an active-duty Army officer from 1990 to 1994. I had a unique four years as I started in the Infantry and was a platoon leader and executive officer before transferring to the Military Police where I was a platoon leader and executive officer again. I was stationed at Fort Hood, Texas the entire time.
Hi I’m Kirk Burton. I never really planned to make the Army a career. I enjoyed ROTC and even joined the Army National Guard under a simultaneous membership program. As college graduation neared my plan was to stay in the Guard and join one of the big accounting firms to get some experience before heading to New York to work as a trader on the NYSE.
Hi, I’m Tom More. Beware the advice you take, for it may put you on a long road. One year into college I decided I was definitely going into the service when I graduated. I wanted Naval Spec Ops and began preparing in earnest.
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