Originally from Sandpoint, Idaho, when I turned 18 I moved to Moscow, Idaho to further my education at the University of Idaho majoring in Forestry and Ecology. I have spent my summers marking and cruising timber for the Idaho Dept of Lands and building and maintaining trails in the Frank Church Wilderness Area and the Payette National Forest. Feeling the need for something more, I joined the Army in 2007. After an injury in 2008 I was medically ...