Where did you serve and what did you do?

Basic , Fort Sill, AIT (GSR repair) Fort Jackson and Fort Huachuca, Stateside Duty- Fort Huachuca, Fort Irwin, and Fort Bliss, Overseas Boblingen, Giesen, Fulda, and Frankfurt Germany, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. During Desert Storm I was a senior NCO tech at a PATRIOT missile Battery in Haifa, Israel. Retired in El Paso,Texas after 22 years in the Army. I worked 24 more years with a contractor (SAIC) as a software engineer supporting the military in El Paso with trips to Ft Benning, an Air Base in Fort in Walton Beach Florida, Fort Knox, and West Point. Overseas trips Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Holland and Japan. I also taught at the Park University Campus on Ft. Bliss. Off post I have been a volunteer fireman, judged school science fairs, helped with field trips and mentored a High School robotics team.

How are you Still Serving?

I am a 2 time cancer survivor due to military service. Stage 3 colon cancer in 2016 and Stage 4 mouth cancer in 2023. The second cancer forced me into my SAIC retirement. Now that my cancer is in remission, my wife and I volunteer at the local hospital cancer infusion room a few hours a week. We help the staff and reassure patients that cancer is survivable using myself as an example. I see a lot prior military service people there and they are always happy talk to so someone with a background and challenges.

Why do you do it?

Because I can.