Just finished one course this week that prepares me to be a Unit Public Affairs Representative and now I'm flying out to Warrior Leadership Course. Two weeks on lockdown and high stress is what I've been told by many I've spoken to. I expect that it will be challenging, but as always I will rise to the occasion and do my best.

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The Story It has been a while since my first post, but a lot has happened, hence the time away from Army Strong Stories. I finished basic combat training on October 14th and later finished Advanced Individual Training on December 1st, 2010. Not even two weeks out of training, I received an email from my Unit Administrator basically asking if I would like to compete in the Best Warrior Competition. Now I had already gained an idea of what this was all about as the 2010 BWC...read more

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Well let's see... Where to begin? I was born. I grew up. I enlisted into the Army on February 5, 2010 and I didn't ship for basic training until August 4th 2010. In that span of time I was very unfit and quite nervous about what I had committed myself to, for what seems like an eternity of an enlist period to my mother (roughly 7 years left; IRR included). I don't think I fully understood what I had committed myself to despite all the research and...read more

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