Eddie AVila:  

Life I have continued my music hobbie and realistically accepted it for what it is, hobbie and a means to express myself and my thoughts. I still feel a connection with Martial Arts and was teaching Tae Kwon Do in Queens part time. I had joined the USMC after H.S., did a couple of years active duty tith the US Army and went into reserves. I then became a Police Officer and left the NYPD after 9 years of service. I made a career change and went into the growing computer field. Still keeping my military committment especially after 9/11, my reserve component has been activated for military duty. I served on tour with Homeland security for 17 months, came back to NY for 6 months and then left for Iraq. I was assigned to a Civil Affairs unit and was deployed to Tikrit Iraq at FOB DAGGER. We performed operations from as north as Ash Sharqot to south of Balad a...Expand for more