1st Lt. Alidu Salifu shares his story of how he came to be an officer in the JAG Corps, member of the Minnesota National Guard and Soldier of the 34th Red Bull Infantry Division.
Abdirahman Abdalla was around seven years old when he went to his mother’s first-cousin’s wedding in Rochester, Minnesota. It was a sunny July day, and around 30-40 close family and friends gathered in his cousin’s home to celebrate the union.