Mitchell Burnett:  

Life Well, for starters, I was in the Army for over 21 years. Out of those 21+ years I lived in Anchorage Alaska for 4 1/2 years (as a gunner on a M101A1 howitzer in Field Artillery), 2 tours in Augusta, GA for a total of 3 years (as a student and an instructor), 3 years back in Wichita Falls (as a Recruiter), Washington DC area for 2 years (as a satellite network controller with Army Space Command), 6 years 3 months in Okinawa, Japan (3 years as NCOIC of the Satellite Communications Facility and 3 years 3 months as First Sergeant of E Company, 1st Satellite Control Battalion), and 2 years as a Program Manager for NETCOM at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. I retired from active duty in August 2008. I'm currently living at Sierra Vista, Arizona and working at Fort Huachuca, Arizona as a Department of the Army civilian for Network Enterprise Technology Command. My primary job in the Army was in satellite communications although I've worked alot of other positions during my career. Life in the Army was never easy, especially on family members - guess I spent too much time away from home (I did bank alot of frequent flyer miles :) ). Thus, I've been through 3 marriages now and have 5 beautiful children as a result - 4 girls - Jordan, Miranda, Leighlani, and Tori - and a son, Dalton. My career in the Army was successful as I went from the very bottom to the top in 15 years and have received alot of awards, medals, and accolades. I can't complain, even through the tough times, because the Army afforded me the opportunity to see and do things I never would have been able to do if I would have stayed closer to home. I went from being a hired hand working on a farm in Chillicothe, Tx as a teenager to being in charge of a company of Soldiers and civilians and finally ending up as a Program Manager for a Major Command in the Army. Though there have been pitfalls along the way, I'm satisfied with my life and the way it has turned out and I have no regrets. The Army gave me a greater appreciation for my roots and the way I was raised. At times, I think I am becoming my father in some ways, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. Although my dad has passed away now, I still remember the things he taught me and every now and then I catch myself displaying some of his characteristics and I have to laugh - it figures the very things you despised as a child and t...Expand for more