Posted on Jun 8, 2015
COL Mikel J. Burroughs
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ALL New Connections - Back by Popular Demand! I'm still receiving some great photos from all you RP Members. THANKS!

Keep them coming!

All you photogenic military personnel out there in RP Land let’s have a little photo session just to lighten it up today! Share the first photograph or the earliest photograph of yourself when you entered the military and tell us the date of the photo.

I'll start with Private Burroughs in 1975 at Fort Leonard Wood, MO & end with Colonel Mikel in 2005!
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SrA Heather Inich
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Not one of my first photos, but doing the flag raising ceremony at the new civilian hospital, I worked at, in 2011.
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
COL Mikel J. Burroughs
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SrA Heather Inich Thanks for sharing the photo and thank you for your service.
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Col Carl Whicker
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My commissioning photos from May 1978 and my blushing bride, Darlene!
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
COL Mikel J. Burroughs
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Great share and photo Col Carl Whicker Thanks for sharing and thanks for your service. I see your from Illinois and so was I. Washington, IL the twon that got hit with the Tornado up by Peoria, IL. That is where I was born and raised until the age of 17 when I jouned the service in 1975.
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Col Carl Whicker
Col Carl Whicker
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Actually, my wife and I are displaced Hoosiers, born and raised in Owen County, Indiana. Went to school in Cloverdale and got my History degree and commission from Indiana University at Bloomington, Class of 1978! We moved down here to the beautiful Shawnee National Forest after retirement because it is so beautiful and there are so few people! We were stationed at Scott AFB in Belleville, Il twice and always loved the Shawnee National Forest. We still make it home to the farm in Indiana pretty office, but love it down here in the boonies!
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PV2 Violet Case
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
COL Mikel J. Burroughs
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Thanks for the great photos PV2 Violet Case and thank you for your service!
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PV2 Violet Case
PV2 Violet Case
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs - thank you for your service as well. Being one of the first women trained in infantry/combat in the Army was a tough challenge but God had a purpose for it all. He new that the road my life was going was going to take the soldier training to see me through and to rely on Gods blessings each day that comes and goes.
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PO2 Kayla Modschiedler
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Sorry for the glare, February 1995. Got out as an SK2 (SW)
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
COL Mikel J. Burroughs
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Thanks for the awesome photo PO2 Kayla Modschiedler and thank you for your service! I hope you had a great Thanksgiving Layla!
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SrA Zo Evans Sr
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Left is me at 17, in 1987. The right is my 23 year old son who just graduated Division Leader in his ship today.
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
COL Mikel J. Burroughs
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Thanks for sharing the great photos SrA Zo Evans Sr, thanks for your service and have a Happy Thanksgiving!
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SGT Tom Wheeler
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Ft Benning Sept 1988
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SSG Byron Howard Sr
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Ft Polk 1974.
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Cpl Vic Eizenga
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
COL Mikel J. Burroughs
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Thanks for sharing Cpl Vic Eizenga and thank you for your service.
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SFC Bill Snyder
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Looking thru the photos; hard to believe we were ever that young. Great pictures.
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SGT Kevin Hughes
SGT Kevin Hughes
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SFC Bill Snyder,
I know, that is why I keep scrolling. We were young and full of it. LOL
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SSG Byron Howard Sr
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SSG Byron Howard Sr
SSG Byron Howard Sr
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Wildfleckin BDE 75. 2/12 Cav 1st Cav Div.
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
COL Mikel J. Burroughs
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SSG Byron Howard Sr - Great photo - thanks for sharing!
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