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In 1990, I took a semester off from Rutgers University and
joined the New Jersey
Army National Guard. Why? Just to do it; for the challenge,
mostly, and out of a belief that I’d like to do everything there is to do in life. Of
course, the six credits you get for Basic Combat Training and Advanced Individual Training
(AIT) is a pretty good selling point ,too.
Joined: January, 1990
Basic
Training: Charlie Company, 2nd
Battalion, 25th Infantry Unit, Fort Jackson,
S.C.
Completed: April, 1990
Advanced Individual Training (AIT): Alpha
Company, 369th Training Battalion
Completed: June,
1990
MOS: 71L, Administrative Specialist
In training, we had the unique experience of
typing Orders wearing full NBC ("Nuclear Biological Chemical") gear. No better
way to spend a 102 degree South Carolina morning.
National Guard Unit:
Headquarters, Headquarters Battalion
Eggerts Crossing Road, Lawrenceville NJ
Awards:
 New Jersey
Merit Award (NJ Guard Unit)
"Fast
Track" (honors) award, (AIT)
Commander’s Award for exceeding Company standards
(AIT)
Letter of Commendation: created computer program now
used to train all U.S. Army Administrative Specialists more efficiently (AIT)
Discharged: Honorable, January 1992
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