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My Army Career Progression
The day was 30 January 2011. I got to Camp Casey, Korea, a Specialist (SPC) excited about a new chapter in my Army career with goals and aspirations on taking my career to the next level as an up an coming Non-commissioned Officer (NCO). I quickly impressed many of my superiors, peers and subordinates by my work ethic and thirst to learn. These actions and the knowledge that I regurgitated to those around me led to me going to the promotion board, where I got my promotable status to Sergeant (SGT). Things were going well in my career at the time. My wife just got to Korea and two months later we found out that we were expecting our first child, Jazara Arianna Harper. I got promoted to SGT and Christmas was right there around the corner.
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