Darnell Branch:  

Life Throuhout my High School year I played football and ran track. I had a lot of friends there. I really learned a lot from all my teachers. I had a great time at Roosevelt. While I was there we became State Champions and had some State track champions as well. While I was in HS I had (2) jobs (Chester's Hamburgers & Solo Serve). As I look back on the days of Roosevelt I can honestly say I left there with a lot of respect for all the teachers putting up with everyone. I know that it was hard work for them and at the end of the day when I went home I felt good knowing that I learned something new each day whether I wanted to learn or not. I thank all the teachers on a job well done. I'll miss all the good times and bad times I shared with my friends. To this day I keep in touch with all my friends who were tight with me. Good luck Class Of 1998. Once I graduated I joined the United States Navy at the age of 19. I'm currently stationed in Keflavik, Iceland at the age of 21. I am a Petty Officer Third Class currently working in the Aviation field building bombs and I enjoy it. To everybody out there who thinks you can't achieve your goal keep trying and study hard and you can do anything you want. "It is better to have failed trying, than failing to try at all." I then did a 7 mo. deployment of defending our country of the recent attack of 9/11. "Operation Enduring Freedom". It was a lot of hard work and hours worked in the Gulf. While on our deployment we visited Hong Kong, Singapore, Bahrain, Australia, and Hawaii. I enjoyed what I wa...Expand for more