When I entered the Army I left from the recruiting center in my hometown in Pace, Florida. I was sent to 
Ft Leonard Wood, Missouri       (That's “Fort Lost in the Woods, MISERY” ) 
For Basic Training and Advanced Individual  Training, to become a 12B (Combat Engineer). 
Upon my completion and based on my PT scores from AIT, I was selected to go to AIRBORNE School. 
Next stop, FT Benning, Georgia. What a rush!!!!! 
I knew this was going to be the experience of a lifetime. Jumping out of perfectly shitty airplanes. Trust me more jumps get scratched because of the airplanes than any other reason. Now I'm an AIRBORNE Combat Engineer. 
My orders come in and I have found out that I am going to the most elite Airborne Unit in the Army, 
The 82nd Airborne, in Ft Bragg, North Carolina.

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