David Barberet:  

Life I left New Hartford in 99 just a few days after graduation. I went to Ft. Benning, GA where i spent the next 6 months in basic training(which was a joke then and is evan easier now) and airborne school(jumping out of planes). When that was all done I was stationed at FT Bragg NC where i was assigned to B company 1st battalion 504 Parachute Infantry Regiment for three and a half years. While I was there i did a lot of training and alot of jumps. When I had hit three years in the army all together I was promoted to Sergant and i deployed to Afghanistan for 6 months to find the taliban and others that wanted to do harm against americans. That was when to war on terror was new so it had some crazy times. Also while i was there i re-enlisted for six more years and to be stationed in Italy. When my tour in Afghanistan was done i went back to FT Bragg for three months and then went to Italy. As soon as I got to Italy I was told to get a house and a car fast because I was going to be sent to Iraq. I got my house and car was shipped out a month later. I spent another 7 months in some crappy desert. Iraq was crazy as all hell every where i went somebody shooting so we would end run around to see who was shooting and why. Not fun. Also while in Iraq i was awarded the Purple Heart. On friday November 13th 2003 we were driving some where when a roadside bomb went off in front of my truck sending shrapnel thru the windsheild hitting me in the face and hitting 2 other guys in my truck. That was not a good day. I left Iraq in Feb 2004 and went back to italy. Then 1 ye...Expand for more