Inver Grove Heights, MN
United States Marine Corps
Active Duty: 1995 – 1999
Inactive Duty: 1999 – 2003
I was recruited out of the West St. Paul recruiting office in the fall of 1994. I left for boot camp on May 15, 1995 in San Diego CA. After graduating boot camp in September I went on to the School Of Infantry at Camp Pendleton, CA. After three months of school I graduated and was stationed at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in 29 Palms, CA in the high Mojave Desert region. I was attached to Alpha Co. 1st Battalion 7th Marines 1st Marine Regiment.
In January of 1996 my unit was deployed to Okinawa, Japan Camp Schwab. We did several months of training In the Northern Training Area (NTA) to get ready for cross training with the Royal Thai Marine Corps in Thailand. Once in Thailand, we spent several months in the dense jungle doing combat patrols, live fire exercises and survival training. In August of 1996 we returned home to 29 Palms, CA…
