WEBVTT 00:00.740 --> 00:02.851 Benny , if you can hear me . When are 00:02.851 --> 00:05.073 you leaving for Iraq ? And what are you 00:05.073 --> 00:07.920 doing now to prepare ? We should be 00:07.920 --> 00:09.980 leaving sometime around october for 00:09.980 --> 00:12.147 what I've been told right now we're in 00:12.147 --> 00:14.313 the middle of a training exercise that 00:14.313 --> 00:16.424 test out our new equipment that we're 00:16.424 --> 00:18.647 taking over there with us motivated you 00:18.647 --> 00:21.420 to go into the military . What was that ? 00:22.040 --> 00:23.929 What motivated you to go into the 00:23.929 --> 00:26.730 military ? It's just something I've 00:26.730 --> 00:28.897 always wanted to do ever since I was a 00:28.897 --> 00:31.500 little kid . I just wanted to do 00:31.500 --> 00:33.000 something for my country . 00:35.490 --> 00:37.657 Then the Iraq remains a very dangerous 00:37.657 --> 00:39.879 place in your own words , what are your 00:39.879 --> 00:42.101 thoughts and feelings as you prepare to 00:42.101 --> 00:43.434 go to Iraq in october ? 00:44.880 --> 00:47.840 Honestly , I'm a little bit scared 00:47.840 --> 00:50.007 because I've heard that there are some 00:50.007 --> 00:49.980 bad things that happened over there . 00:49.980 --> 00:52.202 But for the most part , I've heard that 00:52.202 --> 00:54.313 what we're doing is a great thing and 00:54.313 --> 00:53.940 I'm looking forward to being part of 00:53.940 --> 00:56.550 that great thing that we're doing . How 00:56.550 --> 00:59.790 long will you be there when you go ? It 00:59.790 --> 01:02.250 should be about a year . And what were 01:02.250 --> 01:05.800 your duties be in Iraq ? I will be 01:05.800 --> 01:08.022 providing the telecommunications that a 01:08.022 --> 01:10.078 lot of closures called back home and 01:10.078 --> 01:13.940 allow other posts are well allow 01:14.820 --> 01:17.042 the phones to be set up where they need 01:17.042 --> 01:18.987 to be set up for the first Cavalry 01:18.987 --> 01:21.098 Division so that the important people 01:21.098 --> 01:23.098 can talk to one another . So you're 01:23.098 --> 01:25.209 kind of a communications lays on . Is 01:25.209 --> 01:26.870 that right , that is true . 01:29.180 --> 01:31.180 Tell us a little about a little bit 01:31.180 --> 01:33.180 about yourself where you grew up in 01:33.180 --> 01:35.513 Louisville and what schools you went to ? 01:36.430 --> 01:38.600 I grew up in a small place , trimble 01:38.600 --> 01:40.544 County Kentucky . I went to Triple 01:40.544 --> 01:42.544 County High School . That's where I 01:42.544 --> 01:44.767 graduated from about the past six years 01:44.767 --> 01:46.878 of my life before I join the military 01:46.878 --> 01:48.711 there before that it was Madison 01:48.711 --> 01:50.878 indiana . How's your experience in the 01:50.878 --> 01:52.878 military been and how long have you 01:52.878 --> 01:55.330 been in the military ? I've been in for 01:55.330 --> 01:58.210 about 11 months now and so far it's the 01:58.210 --> 02:00.543 best decision I've ever made in my life . 02:00.543 --> 02:02.710 Honestly , what do you like about it ? 02:04.580 --> 02:06.691 It provides a challenge . Anything in 02:06.691 --> 02:08.747 life that is worth having isn't free 02:08.747 --> 02:10.913 and if you gotta fight for it and it's 02:10.913 --> 02:13.136 a whole lot more worth having . And I'm 02:13.136 --> 02:15.980 fighting right now . Has it been hard 02:15.980 --> 02:17.980 to be away from trimble County from 02:17.980 --> 02:20.091 home from your family and friends and 02:20.091 --> 02:22.202 you think it would be hard to be over 02:22.202 --> 02:24.650 in Iraq for a whole year . It hurts . 02:24.660 --> 02:26.716 But I know that as long as I got the 02:26.716 --> 02:28.938 love of God and I know that the love of 02:28.938 --> 02:28.680 my family there with me , I do just 02:28.680 --> 02:31.930 fine . All right , well best of luck to 02:31.930 --> 02:35.710 you and we'll see along the way . Thank 02:35.710 --> 02:35.990 you