Please tell us a little about your military background?

I graduated from high school in 1996 and was offered the opportunity to possibly attend the U.S. Naval Academy. I decided, however instead to attend Miami University in Ohio to pursue a degree in Engineering. Throughout college I had regrets about this decision, so after graduation I applied for the U.S. Marine Corps Officer Candidate School (OCS) in the summer of 2001. At that time there was a nine-month waiting list for OCS, so I decided to enlist in the Marines first and headed straight to Parris Island, SC ...