Andrew Edwards:
CLASS OF 1992
Morristown High SchoolClass of 1992
Morristown, NJ
Drexel University - Information Science TechnologyClass of 2004
Philadelphia, PA
Temple University - Institute of TechnologyClass of 2004
Philadelphia, PA
Andrew's Story
Military
I joined the Marine Corps in July 1993 and reported to Boot Camp on 17 August. Recruit training was at once interesting, challenging, demanding, and fulfilling. I graduating boot camp on 12 November but still had two schools to attend (Marine Combat Training, and Military Occupational Specialty School), the latter of which I finnished on 27 January 1994.
My first duty station was at 7th Communication Battalion aboard Camp Hansen, Okinawa Japan. I served 3 years with this unit as a Maintenance Management Clerk before reporting to Command Element III MEF, Camp Courtney, Okinawa Japan for duty as a Maintenance Analyst. I left Okinawa in January 2000 and reported for duty as the Maintenance Management Chief of MAG-49, Willow Grove, PA. My stay at MAG-49 was quite short and my May of the following year I found myself in San Diego preparing to become a commissioned ...Expand for more
officer. I went back to PA in August 2001 where I began my studies in Information Systems and Technology at Drexel University. But this too was short lived. I terminated my studies in November 2002 and by February 2003 reported for duty at 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
May 03 saw me on the move again, this time reporting to 1st Battalion 6th Marines where I began training form deployment to Afghanistan. But by October I was promoted to the rank of Staff Sergeant and, before the unit deployed, moved to 2nd Marine Regiment. I began making preparations for deployment with 2nd Marines in September 2004 and by February 2005 was on the ground in Iraq. We spent twelve months in country after which I moved from Camp Lejeune back to Okinawa, Japan. I am currently stationed about Camp Foster and plan on being here at least for the next three years.
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