UNT ROTC Instructor. Video log of military experience. Enlisted in US Army in 1983. Attended Officer Candidate School in 1985; received commission as 2nd Lieutenant; completed Airborne Jumpmaster School, assigned to Italy with 82nd Airborne Division. Work with US Border Patrol. Comparisons to being a US soldier in the 1990s to 2010s. Iraq deployment. Difficulties of being a soldier, teacher, student and father. Photos of 1st Platoon A Company 325th Airborne Regiment; teaching classes.