Posted on Mar 23, 2014
How have you given back in your Military career?
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I volunteer at my son's school and pass out Army pencils. I encourage them to go the extra mile. I share with the students how I joined the military at 17, and how it shaped my life.
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Military Career
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Most of what I do now since I am no longer in is talk to students who may be interested in entering the military. I also work with youth who are addicted to various drugs, I have been where they are and that by joining the Army I turned my life around and made a positive out of the mess my life had been. My influence may be limited on them but I can say that I represent the core values I learned while in the military to my grandchildren. And hope that someday they will follow in my footsteps. I have one granddaughter who is soon to join the Air Force, hopefully the first of many.
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CH (CPT) Heather Davis
That is awesome, I am big on paying forward! The power of encouragement and having another person believe in you!
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MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca
Very honorable! Nice to hear that others take the good stuff with them when they leave the uniform behind.
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SPC Charles Brown
I do the best I can with what I have been given. If I can reach just 1 person in 10 I feel that I have been successful. I have had several of the addicted teens as well as the students contact me to see how I am and keep me up to date on how they are doing. A couple have even joined the service. I must be saying something right.
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MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca
sometimes the numbers get frustrating but you keep doing because you have a knack for it. way to go!
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Though I can't lead adult (and I use the term loosely)troops anymore I've turned my attention to Boy Scouts of America, I serve as a den leader, troop committee member, merit badge counselor, camp master and range master. Ran every range in uniform from pistol, to rifle to 203, but had to take a Boy Scout approved range master course. Guess BBs are much more dangerous than I thought! :-)
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CH (CPT) Heather Davis
MAJ Petrarca:
That is awesome, paying forward and downloading into the next generation. God and Country!!
That is awesome, paying forward and downloading into the next generation. God and Country!!
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MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca
'Zactly! I see too many children and families "lost", no moral compass, no direction in a world & country that, point blank, is brutal and harsh especially for those lacking resources. If you can point even one child/family towards true north, I feel you've made a difference.
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CH (CPT) Heather Davis
MAJ Petrarca:
Zacttly Sir, God is using you to be a moral combat force multiplier.
I came in the Military at 1984 at 17, and I had people like you that directed me and guided me.
Blessings to you!!
Zacttly Sir, God is using you to be a moral combat force multiplier.
I came in the Military at 1984 at 17, and I had people like you that directed me and guided me.
Blessings to you!!
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