The Boogey Man
David Fowler's story bridges the gap once and for all between the dark side of war and the humanity we so often lose sight of whenever we are forced to think about the job descriptions of the military among us.
Because of David's story it is fitting that I would meet him in my Children's Literature class at Granite State College. Although he made it very clear he did not like reading books it became more and more evident that he did love children.
It was on the night of his Lesson Plan presentation which he did no teaching children how to use a compass, that I put two and two together... I just knew that David was in the U.S. Military. After class I decided to ask him.
It turns out not only was David a Staff Sargeant in the Army, he had also completed Paramedic School, Parachuting School, and Ranger School. He had also completed the prestigious School of Leadership that taught him how to be a leader in horrifc circumstances.
Before attending Granite State College, David had already been stationed at Fort Benning, GA, Hawaii, Iraq for 15 months, and Afghanistan for 13 months. Now he was enrolled at Granite STate College in the Military Science Program in which he completed a four - year program in 2 - years, finishing up the last four credits with our Children's Literature course.
I wanted to know about David's experience with Counter Sniper Intelligence in Iraq and David was kind enough to share a brief version of his story with me.
He also told me the story of a six year old little boy he met in a little village in Afghanistan where the people lived in huts without well water. David arrived in the village with other soldiers and most kids ran away from them but one little boy asked David, "Mr. are you really going to eat me?" It was this question from such an innocent child that forever changed David's perspective as he began to explain from his own prism of the Boogey Man he knew as a child, how the military was there in the village to help them.
When they returned once again to the same village, David and the other soldiers helped to build wells. They dropped off food such as peanuts and grain. They passed out notebooks and pens. The kids there dictated a lot because they are the ones who know math and English.
Well, one day as David was outside working, the little boy came running up to him. "Mr, " he said. "You need to go. Bad men are coming." Everyone ran off then and it was the last time David saw the boy. But he heard the rockets....
The boy had tried to warn him. David was no longer the Boogey Man.
David completed his program at Granite State College which would allow him to become a Cadette and then a Lieutenant in the Army which was his goal. The little boy in Afghanistan had changed his life and David had achieved is goals.
David Fowler's story bridges the gap once and for all between the dark side of war and the humanity we so often lose sight of whenever we are forced to think about the job descriptions of the military among us.
Because of David's story it is fitting that I would meet him in my Children's Literature class at Granite State College. Although he made it very clear he did not like reading books it became more and more evident that he did love children.
It was on the night of his Lesson Plan presentation which he did no teaching children how to use a compass, that I put two and two together... I just knew that David was in the U.S. Military. After class I decided to ask him.
It turns out not only was David a Staff Sargeant in the Army, he had also completed Paramedic School, Parachuting School, and Ranger School. He had also completed the prestigious School of Leadership that taught him how to be a leader in horrifc circumstances.
Before attending Granite State College, David had already been stationed at Fort Benning, GA, Hawaii, Iraq for 15 months, and Afghanistan for 13 months. Now he was enrolled at Granite STate College in the Military Science Program in which he completed a four - year program in 2 - years, finishing up the last four credits with our Children's Literature course.
I wanted to know about David's experience with Counter Sniper Intelligence in Iraq and David was kind enough to share a brief version of his story with me.
He also told me the story of a six year old little boy he met in a little village in Afghanistan where the people lived in huts without well water. David arrived in the village with other soldiers and most kids ran away from them but one little boy asked David, "Mr. are you really going to eat me?" It was this question from such an innocent child that forever changed David's perspective as he began to explain from his own prism of the Boogey Man he knew as a child, how the military was there in the village to help them.
When they returned once again to the same village, David and the other soldiers helped to build wells. They dropped off food such as peanuts and grain. They passed out notebooks and pens. The kids there dictated a lot because they are the ones who know math and English.
Well, one day as David was outside working, the little boy came running up to him. "Mr, " he said. "You need to go. Bad men are coming." Everyone ran off then and it was the last time David saw the boy. But he heard the rockets....
The boy had tried to warn him. David was no longer the Boogey Man.
David completed his program at Granite State College which would allow him to become a Cadette and then a Lieutenant in the Army which was his goal. The little boy in Afghanistan had changed his life and David had achieved is goals.
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