SGT SHAWN MONROE Santa Fe, TX Mission Accomplished on Dec.14, 2007 On Oct. 23, 2003, Army Sergeant Shawn Monroe, a team leader with the 527th Military Police Company, was training Iraqi police and doing route security when mortar fire hit while he was waiting outside a Baghdad police station. SGT Monroe lost his left leg and sustained severe damage to his right leg as a result of the attack. Homes For Our Troops, with the help of the local community,…
SGT JONATHAN ROBERTS Waxhaw, NC Mission Accomplished on June 13, 2008 Jonathan “Jon” Roberts was born and raised in the Philippines, where his parents worked as missionaries. Shortly after Jon graduated high school, a pilot, who worked with his father, and the pilot’s wife were captured and killed by Muslim rebels. Jonathan was friends with the pilot’s three children and the news had a profound effect on him and motivated him to enlist. “I wanted to join the U.S. Army…
SGT MARCUS KUBOY Woodbury, MN Mission Accomplished on Aug. 16, 2008 In March 2007, Army Sergeant Marcus Kuboy was on his first deployment with the Minnesota National Guard as a combat medic with the 2-136th Infantry, 34th Infantry Division in Al Anbar Province, Iraq when he was injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast. He sustained severe injuries to both of his legs, traumatic brain injury (TBI), nerve damage, and a fractured back, jaw and arm. After several months…
…above the knee as well as his left eye, and caused multiple severe shrapnel wounds to his face and hands. In January of 2012 in Falbrook, Calif., Josue and wife Debbie held a huge celebration to mark Josue’s recovery, and to renew their vows in front of friends and family. The following summer they had even more good news to celebrate: Josue was approved to receive a mortgage-free home in Southern California from Homes For Our Troops and its Home…
…enlistees were originally routed to Fort Hood, Texas, but at the last moment, John’s orders were changed and he was assigned to Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) in Fort Campbell, Kentucky. While assigned to Delta Company, Specialist Castro would serve three combat tours: Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) from September 2005-October 2006; Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) March 2007 to March 2008, and another OEF tour from August 2010 to April…
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