I enlisted to be an Arabic Translator and took the option in my conrtact to be attached to a Special Forces Unit. I did my basic Training @ Ft. Jackson and then went to the Defense Language School in Monterey, CA. I began to learn Arabic, but I was injured during some training. The injury was to my Achilles Tendons so it pretty much stopped me from running. Can't run, can't be in the Army any more. I fought for about a year to stay in, but the Medical Board deemed me un-retainable. I was medically discharged, and was rated to have a disbality of 40% by the VA. I loved being in the Army, but thats how the Army works. If you are unjured but want to stay in, then they discharge you. If you are unjured and want out, then they keep you. It sucks. If there is a draft, I'll find my way back in. No one will stop me from doing my part.

-Demosthenes

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"A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both."
- Dwight D. Eisenhower