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Apr 2001 - Oct 2003
Grenadier
In between included promotion, enhanced responsibilities, and a couple deployments before ETS'ing on the last day of October 2003 (despite stop loss) , due to my ex-wife being arrested for child neglect while I was recovering at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany; from battle casualty sustained in Fallujah, Iraq in July 2003 at the city power station.
Apr 2002 - Jun 2003
Feb 2001 - Apr 2001
Infantry Trainee
Picked up in week 10 after having to stay for remainder of E Company's cycle and serve as a road guard for their graduation (the ultimate kick in balls), then joining Delta Company 2 hours later.
Oct 2000 - Feb 2001
Deployments
(1 year, 2 months)Mar 2003 - Aug 2003
Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)
Team Leader. Participated as spearhead during the invasion seeing action in outside Najaf, in the Karbala Gap, Iskandiriyah (6 April 03), Battle of Baghdad (07-09 April) including most notably OBJ CURLY where outnumbered 10-1, 82 of us broke thru to capture central Baghdad. Occupation of Baghdad (Mansour; al-Kindi) and then Fallujah (from May-Aug)
Oct 2002 - Mar 2003
Kuwait
1st combat battalion deployed to theater as the intense training and build-up for war and invasion of Iraq.
Apr 2002 - May 2002
National Training Center
Selected as a PFC above peers as dismount team leader after E-5 who held position broke his arm in rail head detail. Awarded an AAM for my accomplishments along with my Squad Leader for among other things, setting up an ambush on OP-4 that wiped out OP-4 platoon. At return from 'Sand Box' was promoted E-4 Specialist (with waiver).
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