22 year retired veteran.

18 years DoD service, one tour in Bosnia,one tour in Iraq, three tours in AF, four tours GTMO, etc., etc.

Three daughters, two sons, four grandchildren, 43rd anniversary, married a farm girl from ND who got expert her first range in the Army.

Got my Masters in Biblical Studies and serving as Pastor of small country church

My family is not a “punishment” or a burden but the reason I get up and do my thing every day. I will never see my girls wrapped in a Burqa or my boys wrapped in a “vest” while air is still whistling through my lungs.