Shawnclay’s Weblog

I am a 28 year old SGT in the US Army. I grew up in Stroud, Oklahoma.  I recently moved back there with my two year old daughter and my wife Sheli. Sheli and I have been married for eight years.  We live in a nice little house in the country.  Before coming home to Stroud I was a combat medic stationed at Ft. Stewart, Georgia.  While stationed there I was deployed three times. I went to Kuwait in the summer of 2002 for training prior to Operation Iraqi Freedom. Then I was deployed in January of 2003 for OIF 1. I went across the Iraqi border with 3rd Squadron 7th US Cavalry, 3rd Infantry Division, Rock of the Marne. In my third deployment I left for Baghdad in January of 2005.  I lived in a little camp in south Baghdad where I often went to IED (improvised explosive device) sites and provided medical coverage. I am currently serving with the Oklahoma National Guard, 45th Infantry Brigade in Iraq.