I am a Veteran of the United States Army Signal Corps - an Honor Graduate at that. After SERVING 4 years in High School Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps at West Phoenix High School at 19th Avenue and Thomas, I was admitted through the Delayed Entry Program. I say 'served' because of all the events I participated in during my time there. From collecting money for Gompers Rehabilitaion Center every year to instructing fellow students in First Aid, Desert Survival, and many many more. I graduated Battalion Executive Officer - second highest in my class. After Basic Combat Training and Advanced Individual Training, I served as the Radio Telephone Operator for the 36th Medical Detachment (Helicopter Ambulance) at Fort Polk, Louisiana. We not only did MedEvac missions that saved soldiers lives, we also did M.A.S.T. missions - Military Assistance to Safety and Traffic. Many times did I get calls from Highway Patrol when there was an accident on a back road that would take a ground ambulance 3 hours to get to, and we sent our Hueys to pick up injured civilians and get them quickly and safely to the hospital, saving many lives. In peacetime. On American soil. You may never know what that Uniformed person you see has done, or why they are in SERVICE TO YOU. Thank 'em ALL, if for no other reason than for what good they might have done for the planet. You never know. Ed Vallejo Proud PFC