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FM : YOU SERVED IN THE U . S ARMY AS A SERGEANT FOR 12 YEARS AND ARE A WELL DECORATED MAN ! TELL US ABOUT YOUR ACHIEVE- MENTS AND WHICH ONE STANDS OUT TO YOU .
FM : YOU HAD SOME PRET- TY TRAUMATIZING EXPERI- ENCES DURING YOUR SER- VICE THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO TALK ABOUT , WHAT IS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT TO YOU ? PLEASE ONLY SHARE WHAT YOU CAN .
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U . S . VETERAN REGINALD
COTTRELL-HUDSON
Age // 44 Location // Texas
FM : YOU SERVED IN THE U . S ARMY AS A SERGEANT FOR 12 YEARS AND ARE A WELL DECORATED MAN ! TELL US ABOUT YOUR ACHIEVE- MENTS AND WHICH ONE STANDS OUT TO YOU .
RC : I have earned many certifications , ribbons , medals and awards . For me the one medal that stands out is my Bronze Star because of the meaning behind it . It has a significance that only we know .
FM : YOU HAD SOME PRET- TY TRAUMATIZING EXPERI- ENCES DURING YOUR SER- VICE THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO TALK ABOUT , WHAT IS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT TO YOU ? PLEASE ONLY SHARE WHAT YOU CAN .
RC : After 12 plus years in the
Army as a medic and patient admin , my experiences range from everything from saving lives to watching life slip away from patients . Every experience , good and not so good , molded me into the soldier / person I am now . Out of the many experiences , one of the most significant is when I was in Iraq . We had incoming wounded , so as I prepared like I had done many times before , I had no idea this would be the day that my views on life would change drastically . It was my 3rd month in the country ( Iraq ) of a 15-month tour and as we are unloading the patients , cutting the clothes soaked in blood and doing what I was tasked to do , hours went by completely focused and staying on the duties at hand . After everything calmed down just enough for a coffee break ,
PHOTOGRAPHY // Audra Oden