I completed basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, MO in 2003. In the following year, I finished my job training at Fort Gordon in 2004. I served my initial deployment in Okinawa, Japan on Fort Buckner while serving on Joint Service missions for two years. Upon completion of that tour, I was sent to Fort Hood, Texas as part of the 3rd Signal Brigade in preparation to reinforce the war effort of the 4th ID. I was honorably discharged from the Army after the completion of my four years and used the skills provided by the military to further the next 8 years of my career as a DoD Contractor in the middle east.