I started shooting when I was about 10 years old. Me and my dad went to an outdoor expo and they had an air rifle station set up with about 10 air guns and you'd pay a dollar to shoot 10 shots. My dad said if one center shot out of 10, he would buy me my first BB gun. Just what happened on the 10th shot, shot of center and got real excited. He bought me a Daisy air rifle, a pump action air rifle. I tried to go shoot all day long until I couldn't shoot anymore. I joined the Army when I was 17. I left for basic when I was 18 and that's when I first started shooting as far as military shooting. More of the silhouette stuff than the bull's eye type shooting. After my first appointment to Iraq when I was injured, one of the activities that the occupational therapy people would do is, they took us on various hunting trips and also we got to go sporting clay shooting. The Army Markship unit called up to Walter Reed and asked if anybody would be interested in possibly becoming a competitor rifle marksman for the Army and also marksmanship instructor. When my first medal, it was, you know, I thought I had a pretty good performance. When it announced that I was the champion of the match from the United States, you know, and said my name, it was pretty awesome. It was a great experience. And here in our national anthem played and our flag raised above everyone else. It's an experience I don't think can ever be matched.