JOMC 222 Biographical Page

Bio Info:  Although born in Guilford County, North Carolina, school and work have taken me to places I never imagined as a child.  From 1996-2000 I attended The Citadel in Charleston, SC, earning a BA in history.  Following graduation I was commissioned an Army infantry officer and completed a years of training in Fort Benning, GA.  Upon completion of training in Georgia, I reported to Friedberg, Germany to serve as a Mechanized Infantry platoon leader and a company executive officer with Alpha Company of the 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment of the Army's 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division.  September 11, 2001 placed US foreign policy on a "war footing", and by the spring of 2002, everyone in our unit expected to be in Iraq by the Spring of the following year.  From May 11, 2003-July 18 2004, I served as an Infantry Company Executive Officer in Baghdad, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom I and II.  Redeployment to Germany finally provided some time for travel in the Bavarian Alps, Bohemia, Slovakia, and the High Tatra Mountains.   Returning from over 3 years of overseas duty, I finally returned to NC in late August 2004.  My obligation with the Army completed, I'm now a civilian in a strange "transitional period" after 4 years of uniquely rigorous employment.

    My academic interests include antebellum southern history, web design (quite recently), blogging, global economics, and the impact of digital communications on democracy throughout the world.  I enjoy time with family and friends, mountain biking, beer drinking, fishing, hiking, dogs, and living at the beach.  I'm enrolled in two courses this semester while pursuing UNC-Chapel Hill's School of Journalism's Graduate Certificate in Technology and Communication in hopes of increasing my proficiency with digital communications, making a website, and becoming a better writer.

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