The Back Story

I, Sam, grew up on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in the village of Allen. I have a sister, Abby, who is 6 years younger than me. My mom is an Air Force reservist and a full time nurse working for an insurance company. My dad works for the state department doing fire alarm systems. I got accepted into the Academy out of high school and I'm a humanities major, philosophy minor. I'm going to be a Force Support Officer after graduation and my first duty assignment is Columbus AFB in Mississippi.

Zed grew up in eastern Oregon and is the oldest of 6 boys. His dad is a ranch manager and his mom manages the home. Zed was accepted into the Academy out of high school as well, but left after sophomore year to serve his mission in Taiwan. He returned to the Academy and joined the class of 2012 at the start of senior year. He is majoring in geospatial science with a minor in Chinese. He will be attending pilot training at NAS Whiting Field in Milton, Florida.

As you can see we are already beginning the journey of being dual military. Our bases are about 5.5hrs away from each other.