Chris

Myspace Layouts.. For those who don't truly know me heres a little intel. For the last 17 almost 18 years now I have been defending our great nation. I was in desert shield/storm, Operation enduring freedom and Operation iraqi Freedom. I have been overseas three different times twice to Germany and once to Korea. I have enjoyed my time in the Army and love what I do. Deep down inside I know that I have touched many people positively doing what I do, both by my service to our country and being a leader. During the years I have seen many things that have touched and changed me, some positive and some negative. While this may be the case I wouldnt change the way my life has gone so far. But it is almost time now for me to hang up the old combat boots and move on to the next stage of my life. I have seen changes in the Army and seen good people come and go. I have lost friends to combat and I have lost them to other reasons. These things I will always carry with me even when I do hang my boots up and take my uniform off for the last time. For those of you who dont appreciate what my brothers and sisters in arms, including myself, do all I can say to you is you are entitled to your opinion. I haveseen things that would make a normal person cry like a child while deployed. I have seen things that would make your heart leap with joy that there is someone in the world who would do that for another person. I can't tell you your wrong for feeling and thinking the way you do, but I can say this. Don't judge a soldier for doing what is asked of him or her. Judge them by what you see by who they are. Hell better yet don't judge them at all for one day you will be standing in front of someone to be judged and its then you may wish that you hadn't been so hasty. As I head to the next stage in my life I have begun to study a little more and work towards a goal of a dgree. Kind of funny that it has taken me 36 years and the better part of 20 years in the Army to finally figure out what I want to be when I grow up. But even once I get my degree and am able to head down a different path it is only a job. It will pay my bills and no matter where I work doing it I will be able to make the best of it. Guess you can call me a little old fashioned cause I believe that a happy home is far more important than anything else. But I believe I have rambled on long enough here so I am gone for now.