I am a military police officer and I have served on two deployments; my first was to Iraq, in a medical unit, and my second deployment was to Kuwait, as a military police platoon leader.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I served two tours in Iraq, in the Marine Corps.
I don't want to act as though my deployment was particularly rough, because it wasn't. I had a very mild deployment; I was a staff officer.
I joined the 800th MP Brigade when they were already deployed.
I volunteered to deploy to Iraq. I was one of the few soldiers who were not on the mandatory deployment roster - close to 3,000 Hawaii soldiers were.
I was a soldier in WWII. The last couple of months of the war I was actually in combat.
I have been to Iraq on a number of occasions. I was with the first group that went in.
In my proper character, I am an officer of the United States Army.
Some of the best advice I've had comes from junior officers and enlisted men.
I proudly served in the United States Army during the Korean War as an artillery operations specialist in the all-black 503rd Field Artillery Battalion in the Second Infantry Division.
My own military background is wholly un-distinguished. I was a sergeant.