I am a valedictorian, a college graduate, a writer, a scholar, a historian, a daughter, a girlfriend, a sister, an aunt, a volunteer, a colleague, a shoulder to cry on, but ABOVE ALL, I am a proud member of the United States Military. "We, the willing, led by the knowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have now done so much for so long with so little that we are capable of doing anything with nothing."