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 04:05:27 GMT Fri, 25 May 2012 04:05:27 GMT http://armystrongstories.com/blogger/zachery-hendrickson/cultural-immersion-to-ghana-1/ By: <a href='http://armystrongstories.com/blogger/zachery-hendrickson/'>Zachery Hendrickson</a><br /> This past summer, from 10 May to 5 June 2010, I participated in the Army ROTC&#8217;s Cultural Understanding and Language Program. Through this program, I had the privilege of traveling to the Volta Region of Ghana with several other cadets from around the nation. In Ghana, we stayed in the city of Hohoe, Ghana. This is located in the Volta Region in Southeastern...<a href="http://armystrongstories.com/blogger/zachery-hendrickson/cultural-immersion-to-ghana-1/">read more</a> Wed, 06 Oct 2010 23:25:00 GMT Zachery Hendrickson http://armystrongstories.com/blogger/zachery-hendrickson/cultural-immersion-to-ghana-1/ http://armystrongstories.com/blogger/zachery-hendrickson/why-i-want-to-be-an-army-officer/ By: <a href='http://armystrongstories.com/blogger/zachery-hendrickson/'>Zachery Hendrickson</a><br /> U.S. Army Officer Young men across America grow up playing with the little green army men and later in life watch Tom Hanks systematically destroy the Germans in Saving Private Ryan. This was no different for me. As a young child, my father exposed me to the outdoors including hunting and fishing. This early exposure to weapons and the outdoors lead to the attraction with all things that shoot, blow up, or go fast. This childhood fascination translated into a fixation on the...<a href="http://armystrongstories.com/blogger/zachery-hendrickson/why-i-want-to-be-an-army-officer/">read more</a> Sat, 02 Oct 2010 06:26:00 GMT Zachery Hendrickson http://armystrongstories.com/blogger/zachery-hendrickson/why-i-want-to-be-an-army-officer/