Cody I served from 98-to mid 01 mos primary 11b been to sill, benning, jackson, and brag. was soposed to be Pparty at brag but got sent to southcom down in FL
Airborne qualified with the 82nd attached to 75th rangers and went to panama and columbia in joint ops with some 232nd marine snipers and the snake eaters of the 7th s.o.g. great bunch of guys to work with. was in country 10 1/2 months in the san paublo river valley doing bad things to bad drug dealers and such. until one fatful day i got wounded (frag) didnt catch any medal but the force rotated a disk in my back. the sent me state side fixed me up and gave me a discharge option which i took.
still have bad dreams. we had contact several times in the deployment with FARC hired for extra guns by the cartel.
arthritis in both knees, back pain, bullet fragments in chest and right shoulder, ptsd. if i had it to do over again i would had still enlisted even knowing what i know now.( my friends and family say im crazy but it is what it is)
highest rank made e-4 but had hardcore stripes got busted to pfc after i broke the platoon sargents nose, it wasnt my fualt. he threw a trash can at me, i chucked the lid back. it just happend to hit the bridge of his nose. mp's showed up not a good time. got shot with a rubber bullet then in the small of my back. peed blood for 2 weeks. and that was my army time in a nutshell. sorry i cannot go into any detail partaining to the ops. im sure you understand.