Jennifer Harrison:
CLASS OF 1996
Bloomingdale High SchoolClass of 1996
Valrico, FL
Hillsborough Community CollegeClass of 2009
Brandon, FL
Turkey Creek Junior High SchoolClass of 1993
Plant city, FL
Jennifer's Story
Life
In August 2007, I did volunteer work with the SPCA and that's where I adopted my dog, Chico. He's a black lab/ pit mix and I love him to death. I don't need kids because I have my child. He was born 5/21/07.
Military
I basically joined the militarty after high school...I had to pay for college somehow, and ended up having pretty much the time of my life. I did basic training in Ft. Jackson, S.C.; a cakewalk, then did Advanced training at Aberdeen Proving Ground, M.D., where I met my fiance (I'll get into that later) Then I was off to Baumholder, Germany. I can remember, being 19 and half way around the world in a foreign country. I was very excited. Germany is a very beautiful, enriched, culture filled country. When I was doing a 2-week crash course in German, we went to Trier, which was built by the Romans. Not long after I arrived here, I called it quits with the fiance, he was supposed to go Airborne, but decided that going AWOL to be with me was better...romantic but stupid. I couldn't have that. While there, I deployed to Bosnia then roughly 8 months later, to Albania right before the whole Kosovo thing happened. Then I thought I had enough; I had money for school and got to see Europe, so I went home for 6 months. Weekend warrior wasn't for me. So, in 2000, I enlisted again and went to Ft. Stewar...Expand for more
t, G.A. Unfortunately I never deployed with them other than training, which we still had a blast. Nothing better than pulling pranks on the unsuspecting. My time was up there, then I moved on to where I am now back in Germany. I'm now stationed in Mannheim and will be until the end of the year when I will finally come home. Now I got to see much more of Europe. I've been to London twice (I love that city), Paris twice, Spain, Rome, Belgium, Austria, Luxembourg, and throughout Germany. I've taken a class in Renassiance art which took me to Paris and Belgium. I absolutely loved it. I've been in a few undisclosed locations in Turkey before the start of the war in Iraq, been in Iraq last year and this year. I'm not saying I love the place, but the way I see it, if I had to live in a place that wass 100+ degrees by 9 a.m., I'd be pretty irate too. Yes, I dread the summer, but at least we'll have like 16 hours of daylight. I'd originally wanted to do a full 20 years and have retirement benefits when I'm 38, but I can't do the next 10 years in the desert. So, since I have a year to think about what I want to do, I can take some college until I find something I like. I was honorably discharged 2/11/07. I miss the military in and of itself, but I don't miss the deployments and double-standards that come with the territory.
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