karonray
11-02-2006, 03:48 PM
http://www.diabetes.org/backfromiraq.jsp?WTLPromo=HOME_sgtthompson&vms=175203098033
Staff Sergeant Mark Thompson convinced the Army that having type 1 diabetes shouldn't keep him from serving in Iraq.
Thompson, 28, is an Iowa native. He’s been married for nine years and has a son, Kyle, who’s two years old. He’s always had something of a travel bug, and it was this desire to see the world that inspired Thompson to join the Army
That, and the stories he heard from his college roommate -- an older student who had served in the Vietnam War. As Thompson listened, the Army started to sound like an adventure. Thompson also needed money for college, so in 1996, he signed on for four years, expecting to do his time and then finish his education.
But Thompson never went back to school. He had found his place, and it was in the Army. He was a “lifer.”
REad more about him at the link
Staff Sergeant Mark Thompson convinced the Army that having type 1 diabetes shouldn't keep him from serving in Iraq.
Thompson, 28, is an Iowa native. He’s been married for nine years and has a son, Kyle, who’s two years old. He’s always had something of a travel bug, and it was this desire to see the world that inspired Thompson to join the Army
That, and the stories he heard from his college roommate -- an older student who had served in the Vietnam War. As Thompson listened, the Army started to sound like an adventure. Thompson also needed money for college, so in 1996, he signed on for four years, expecting to do his time and then finish his education.
But Thompson never went back to school. He had found his place, and it was in the Army. He was a “lifer.”
REad more about him at the link