A 50-caliber machine gun is re-loaded on top of a Stryker by the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, as the soldiers conduct a live-fire training downrange on Fort Carson military base on Wednesday, May 19, 2021. The required training started on May 5th, to prepare soldiers for potential missions they may be called on to support around the globe. The training has been extended to May 27th. (Chancey Bush/ The Gazette)
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From overseas combat to guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Rob Petry has seen a lot, and heâs drawing on his experience to train the Armyâs future leaders who currently attend college in Luzerne County.
Petry took an assignment as military service instructor for the Armyâs ROTC program at Kingâs College in May 2019.
âIt is something that I wanted to do. The way it works in the Army is when you are a senior NCO (non-commissioned officer), you talk with your branch manager and say, âWhere does the Army need a person with my qualifications right now?â Itâs a conversation back and forth. I was given a few options and chose to come to the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area and serve as an ROTC instructor.â
the 3rd infantry regiment who dutifully, unfailingly watch over those patriots known only to god but never forgotten. today a grateful nation thanks them as well. most americans don t fully see, don t fully understand the sacrifice made by the 1% who serve in this all-volunteer armed forces. the sacrifice that preserves the freedoms we too often take for granted. few know what it s like to take a bullet for a buddy or to live with the fact that he or she took one for you. but our gold star families, our military families our veterans they know this intimately. whenever i meet with our gold star families like i did this
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