Striker Soldier in focus

Photo By Staff Sgt. Zachary Mott | Spc. Raymond Adkins, a Mustang, Okla., native, serving with Company E, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division-Baghdad, is today's Soldier in Focus. He said he plans to make the military a career and recently re-enlisted to move to Fort Richardson, Alaska, following the completion of the Striker Brigade's current deployment to Iraq.  

IRAQ

11.26.2008

Story by Sgt. Zachary Mott 

3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division

By Sgt. Zach Mott
3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Public Affairs Office

JOINT SECURITY STATION UR, Iraq – Today's Soldier in Focus is Spc. Raymond Adkins, a Mustang, Okla., native, currently working as a mechanic at Joint Security Station Ur in northeastern Baghdad.

Adkins serves with Company E, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad. He recently reenlisted to accept an assignment at Fort Richardson, Alaska, where he and his wife, Michelle, and five children Kyla, Harlee, Racheal, Andrew and Thomas, will move after the Striker Brigade returns to Fort Carson, Colo.

"I really like it," Adkins said. "I've found a spot that I fit in and I enjoy what I'm doing."

Adkins said he plans to make the military a career and will be promoted to sergeant in December.

"I want to make it to the highest rank possible," he said.

• Date Taken: 11.26.2008
• Date Posted: 11.26.2008 00:19
• Story ID: 26807
• Location: IQ