Hey ya'all,
I'll try and give a more detailed life story about myself. So Here it goes.
I was born in Berlin Germany, both of my parents were in the Army band. My mom was in for 3 yrs and my dad served for 15 yrs. I've lived in Massachutes(don't remember), Alaska, North Dakota (it got -40 while I was there), Virginia, Kentucky–This is where I joined the Air Force. From there I went to Texas for Basic training, Mississippi for my AF Tech School, My first duty station was Ramstein AFB Germany. After Germany I got stationed at Hill AFB and deployed twice to Afghanistan. And here I am about 6 months after being in Afghanistan I'm coming to the end of my enlistment and really need a change of life in general.
Jumping back to Alaska:
When I lived up in Alaska my dad was stationed up in fairabanks for a time and my mom and myself lived down around Palmer. Well it was there where I first started praying to God. My mom was active in the local church there and had ran a kind of summer school there for a week for young kids. Well anyways I'd say I got saved there in Alaska.
My dad got out of the military and we moved to North Dakota for him to go to school, then to Lynchburg VA(did Beekeeping there).
I had pretty much gone to church but not know what a relationship is with God until I was stationed at Ramstein Germany. There I met up with Dennis Blea and Max Strange who were apart of the Navigators(mission to the military). I'd say these two guys really impacted my life as a Christian in teaching me the scriptures. Bringing me to confusing topics like "are we predestioned or do we have free will". After many yrs I believe I have my answer in this but it was good, it gave me something to mull over.
After 2yrs I moved to Hill AFB Utah, where I moved in with a friend of mine Josh and Ricardo who were fellow Christians. Lived there for about a year, re-enlisted then went on my first deployment to Afghanistan. I did 3 months of Army Training then deployed for 6 months. I worked as a TOC(Tactical Operations Center) controller which basically talked over the radio to folks out in the field. I also listened in for if someone got into a TIC (troops in contact). Very High stress Job, don't know how I made it through that one but I did.
Came back to Utah for about a year then got deployed again to Afghanistain and this time I was apart of a PRT(provisional Reconstruction Team). Did 3 months of Army training and 9 months of Afghanistan. While there we(team of 4 people) managed 4 networks, worked on radios in trucks and also went out on missions outside the wire.
This deployment is the one that really made my decision as to getting out of the military.
Over the last 6 months I've been watch news articals of things going on in America and trying to find a job on the outside. Most of that area seemed hopeless to me. I wanted stability in my life but was not at peace with this.
For some Reason a few weeks ago God had thrown the world race thing back into my head. I was scared to even apply and yet there seemed to be peace there. I went a head and took a leap of faith, at least in my eyes it was, and signed up did the interview and here I am. This seems to be where God wants me probably because I've been caught up in too much garbage over the last couple yrs. I'm really looking for a change and a way to grow closer to God. Almost everything seems to be lining up for me to do this. There are still some details I'm working out as far as Outprocessing the military goes but I believe God will work it all out in the end.
