I have a young family.
I have two boys; Wesley and Tommy and
they’re seven and nine.
And that’s my focus and my wife Kelly,
who’s also served.
She has served in Afghanistan.
She had seven months there in 2010 and
was in the Persian Gulf with the Navy after
September 11th so we have had years of separation
between us and that has taken its toll as well,
it’s hard to re-integrate with your
loved one sometimes.
But I have got to really move on to the
next chapter and my military time is
behind me but I mean it’ll always be there
in my mind and my heart, I support it still.
I am proud of the accomplishments
I made and I played a very small
part in a lot bigger events but
I reflect back and I think that maybe
there are some things I would have
done personally different or maybe taken
my own advice and not thought too
much about things or let myself get
personally attached to things but
I am proud of my service and
how I was guided along the way by
my mentors and my leadership.
I am proud of those who served alongside
me and I know through their actions and
what we did, my comrades and
people around me, everything we did was
for the guy beside you and the mission and
yes I am proud of what we have done and
what we accomplished