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What was really nice about my tour in Germany was about 6 months after we moved my unit to a Hannu, we got deployed to Saudi Arabia for 6 months. I feel my life is blessed for a lot of reasons and one of them is that shortly after I was done with my deployment there the news reported about the Kolbart (I hope I spelt that close enough) Towers bombing. I remember because I had slept in the same building that was hit for almost a week when I was down there. |
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Well after I had finished up my 2 years tour in Germany I came back to the states, and guess where I was stationed at. The lovely Fort Bliss, TX which I had hated. I did feel blessed about coming home because if I had left 2 days later I would not have been leaving Germany. 2 days after I had left there was a freeze placed on people leaving Germany for 90 days because of the whole Bosnia thing. |
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When coming back to the states I did not care where I got stationed I just wanted to be back in my own country where everyone spoke English, but they sent me to El Paso where about 50% if not more of the population does not speak English. This time around I got to enjoy Fort Bliss and El Paso, TX. There was a whole different side that I had not seen before, or should I say was not allowed to see. |
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I got married for the first time in El Paso, to a Mexican women. We were even expecting a son together life was going good. Then she asked me to get out of the army. She told me she did not like the fact that I can be called in at any time of any day and she would not know when or if I was ever coming home. I thought about it and she was right, I was going to be a father soon and I wanted to be able to be with him as much as possible. So in August of 1997 I had got out (big mistake I think). I spent just over 4 years in the army, I was 21 years old and had $30,000 for college waiting for me. Life was just full of possibilities or so I thought. Never got the $30,000 for college and the wife took off with our son a little more then a year later. I had went from making $1,800 a month to $800. I had tried to go back in around 2000 but there were thinks in my life I would not sacrifices like my kids. I would not take them away from there mother or willing leave them. Do I have any regrets about those 4 years I was in the army. Yes I do have just one, never listen to a women when it comes to your job. If she met you when you had, it keep it. |
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The Hemmit (shown above) is the first vehicle of any kind that I drove.................. |
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