Omar Hameed:  

I dropped out of high school, due to family reasons. Went to Job core six years later after doing nothing but hanging on the streets. If you all know or remember Clarence Wright. I was with him thirty minutes before he got murdered in 96 and it hurt me to the core and I realized that i wasn't doing anything with my life, except working a dead end job at the dry cleaners. I left a month later and went to Job Corp. I got my GED from there and went directly into the Army. I became a Medical Specialist, better known as a Combat Medic and earned my EMT-I License. I wanted to do something with my life, instead of sitting on my butt. I entered in June of 97. Where I was sent over seas to germany. I was attached to a Combat Engineer unit and had a blast. While going to Norway for cold weather training, Bosnia and Slovenia for a NATO mission. Came back after a 2 year tour and went to NTC (National Training Center0 Ft Irwin CA. Where I was a part of OPFOR (Opposition Force) attached to 2-11th ACR. We trained most of the Army stationed in America. That was lots of fun. I then went back to Germany, where I was attached to 1-18 Infantry and 1-77th Armor, all combat arms units. I have been honord to do a peace keeping mission to Kosovo twice. plus I served in two wars. I have been to Iraq 2003-2004 and mid 2006-2008. that was the 15 month rotation we were not told about until we had 12 months of boots on the ground and had to do an extra 3...Expand for more