http://armystrongstories.com Army Strong Stories is an official U.S. Army blog portal created to share personal Soldier stories. Its purpose is to promote discussion surrounding life in the military, communicate the impact of day-to-day military life and follow the paths of Soldiers enlisted in different areas of the U.S. Army as they experience new opportunities. Fri, 25 May 2012 04:05:29 GMT Fri, 25 May 2012 04:05:29 GMT http://armystrongstories.com/blogger/joshua-hernandez/graduation-day/ By: <a href='http://armystrongstories.com/blogger/joshua-hernandez/'>Joshua Hernandez</a><br /> I can still remember that feeling I first had that morning when I woke up. I was excited. All the hard work accumulating into this one day. I remember the first thing I did was reach for my phone. I was going to be gone in the next few hours and I wanted to make sure I had everything ready to go. I noticed that I had a message. It was from my brother. He was explaining that He and the family had to go back home. My Grand Father had passed away the night before. It hit me hard....<a href="http://armystrongstories.com/blogger/joshua-hernandez/graduation-day/">read more</a> Tue, 26 Apr 2011 03:36:00 GMT Joshua Hernandez http://armystrongstories.com/blogger/joshua-hernandez/graduation-day/