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4 • January/February 2018 • Parent Teacher Magazine
Veterans spoke about their military service to fourth-graders at Pineville
Elementary as part of Take a Vet to School Day Nov. 6.
Principal Brian Doerer, Rep. Scott Stone and Sen. Jeff Jackson, who was a
judge advocate general for the Army National Guard, gave opening remarks
before turning over the program to veterans Khris DeCapua, Jennifer Woods,
Andrew Ladner and Richard Austin. Students asked the veterans questions,
ranging from how they decided on which branch of the military to join, to
what foods they missed during deployment. One question was especially
serious.
“Why did you join the Army if you thought you might not come back from
war?” asked one student.
“For the greater good,” said DeCapua, a Marine who was deployed to Iraq
and Afghanistan. “If what I did kept people safe or if I saved one life, then
that’s a sacrifice I was willing to make.”
Austin, a lieutenant colonel, has been in the Army Reserves for almost
30 years, as well as the National Guard. A former artillery officer, he is now a
liaison with the South Korean army. Austin told the students that the military
offers camaraderie and many opportunities.
I’ve been to places I never would have been to before; I have jumped
out of airplanes and been paid to do it,” Austin said. “We are truly in the best
country in the world and there is a sense of pride in what we do.”
Ladner, who was an Army paratrooper and engineer deployed in Iraq,
also spoke about the bonds formed in the military. He said that he didn’t
remember a lot of his classmates but will always remember those who served
with him. He told students that being overseas can be lonely at times and
that Facebook and Skype had not been invented when he was deployed. But
he did receive letters from students and wrote back to as many as he could.
Woods said she was happy to participate in the program, in part to
counter many of the negative things about the military that are reported in
the news.
“It’s important to educate them on what it’s really like,” said Woods, who
was a medic in the Air Force Reserves for 12 years. “It’s especially important
for them to see female veterans so they don’t think it’s just the boys.”
The students sang two songs, “One Nation” and “On Veterans Day.” They
also gave the veterans personalized books and T-shirts.