Joey Alvarado:
CLASS OF 2007
Burges High SchoolClass of 2007
El paso, TX
Joey's Story
Joey is from Energy, Texas. Joey's schools include Burges High School. Joey later attended BAMF University.
Music Joey likes includes Rock music, All Types, Alternative rock. Books Joey likes include Bible, Horror film, In Soviet Russia Jokes. Movies Joey likes include Wedding Crashers, The Last Exorcism, Old School. TV shows Joey likes include Dexter, The Simpsons, Family Guy.
One of Joey's favorite quotes is:""Stay Frosty"
"It's gonna get bloody." — Ghost
" Right now, as you sit here, there is a team of soldiers about to kick down a door and meet the enemy. There is a young sergeant leading this group. He's no more than 21 or 22 years old. Odds are he is the first man in the stack even though that's not his job, because he can't bear to ask his guys to go in first. Before they arrived at the house he was encouraging his men, running through the steps, reminding them how it was all going to go down. Before that, at base camp, he was checking their equipment, ammo, and weapon. Back home, before they even came to this God-forsaken place he was pushing them through training, reminding them that one mistake could mean their deaths, carrying that burden on his shoulders.
But he isn't alone. He has mentors too. His squad leader, only a couple years older has probably deployed 3-4 times by now. Older than his 24-year-old appearance by a lo...Expand for more
ng shot, he is not going to let his men down. He is going to have the most prepared squad in the Army.
If he doubts that for a second, his platoon sergeant, that crusty E-7 the movies are so prone to lionize (and rightly so for a change) is right there to kick him in the ass. He runs this platoon, and on top of that, has to train a cocky 22-year-old lieutenant to not be an idiot and get his men killed.
He reports to the company commander, but his real boss, the First Sergeant, is there to back him up in every way - making sure his guys have everything they need to survive and thrive, whether it's food, ammo, rest, or recognition.
Watching over it all, maintaining the discipline of the Army, is the Sergeant Major. He looks haggard, but still spry for his age. He's seen it all. He's been there, done that. He's forgotten more about soldiering than we all know. And he's quietly confident in a way a General Officer will never understand.
He wasn't shooting for Sergeant Major the way many officers plan on being Colonels or Generals and start networking from day one. All he did his entire life was take care of soldiers, whether it was his battle buddy when he was a scared private at basic or his Battalion, Brigade, or Division now.
The best part is that he still doesn't think he deserves it.
God bless the NCO." Sergeant is the Army".
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