Edward Banasihan:  

Life Well, I used to be one of those students who didn't had a life back in the day like you see on TV. I wasn't really popular and I used to get teased alot. A typical teenager in an unfair and cruel world that we call, our "high school days." Even though I didn't find my high school sweethart or got the chance to join the football team I tried make the best of it by keeping myself active in what WHS had to offer. I played drums in the precussion section of our HS band, was active in the Key Club (well, sort of) and I enjoyed passing my time at the automotive shop. My junior-senior prom in my last year was my first and last prom I'll ever attend. That night was...memorable. Long story short, my date was a (beep!), better yet her BF who's a (beep!) was there. He didn't fare too good with his date either.(I'm sorry Pua, we should've traded dates! As why hard, yea?) At least I got a Mustang 5.0 convertible to cruise with! Whoo-hoo! I had some awsome friends to hang with...Tracy, Caps, Alex, Rice and Brandon and Jesse. The crew who used to hang by the bridge...Man, I know we had a couple more guys but I forgot their names. Geez, has it been 15 years since then? Good Lord! Now, we'll fast forward towards the present. Ahem, I'll try to keep it short and simple. A decade and a half From 1998 I've travelled and lived in Maui,Oahu the Big Island, Green Bay,WI, and Las Vegas, NV. Because of the events of 9/11 I've applied and joined the US Army in January 2002 and since then I've been to MO, GA, TX, TN, MN, VA, MD, DC, Ireland, Germany, Kuwait, and Iraq. I served in Baghdad for 15 months during Operation Iraqi Freedom I and II and I was one of the FIRST soldiers from HAWAII to be in combat in Iraq BEFORE the 25th Infantry and the 100th fro...Expand for more