Where did you serve and what did you do?

US Army 1991-1995 Unit Level Communications Maintainer HHC 2-14 Infantry / 10th Mountain Division Ft. Drum, NY Served deployments in Mogadishu, Somalia 1993 and Haiti 1994

How are you Still Serving?

Participated with cleaning historical St. Paul’s AME cemetery in preparation of Veteran’s Day ceremony honoring the veterans buried at the cemetery. Location coordinator for Wreaths Across America representing my VFW Post 5352 to our community which included fundraising and parade float for Veteran’s Day and Christmas parades. There are over 400 buried veterans at both of Kernersville, NC public cemeteries with mission to Remember, Honor and Teach the importance of the sacrifices of our veterans of time past. Partnered with our local Daughters of American Revolution, local Scout and Trail Life troops to have a successful event.

Why do you do it?

I love my family and want to leave a lasting legacy of not only my military service but to my community. I want to involve my 7 and 5 year old grandsons (Liam and Levi) teaching them the importance of patriotism and to always to remember and honor our veterans who sacrificed their lives serving our country throughout the history of our nation. I like being an influence with my comrades at my post serving our veterans and our local community.