the beginning of my life

The beginning of

my

Life By Leonel Yanez

Graduate From

San Benito High SchoolIn

1983

“It is hard to convince a high-school student that he will encounter a lot of problems more difficult than those of algebra and geometry.” Edward W. Howe

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Time is one of the essential ingredients. Each day brings 86,400 seconds. Whatever isn't used is gone forever.

I wish I was a little kid again when all I wanted for my birthday was cupcakes for my entire class & for everyone to sing happy birthday to me.. and money never mattered because when I was little.. --» [ whatever I wanted I always got ].


Joined the United States

Army January 23, 1984


“The soldier is the army.”

United States Army Field Artillery Training Center Fort Sill, Oklahoma

Private Yanez


United States Army Field Artillery 3rd Battalion, 18th Field Artillery

Fort Sill, Oklahoma

“I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.”

Specialist Yanez



Fort Sill, Oklahoma

“Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.”

Specialist Yanez



Fort Sill, Oklahoma

Ah MRE’s (Meal Ready to Eat) for Lunch

Specialist Yanez


Time to Depart from Fort Sill Oklahoma towards

Vicenza, ItalyHome of the United States Army Field

Artillery Detachment11th USAFAD


Vicenza, Italy

Cities visited during 3 year tour Venice, Verona, Padua, Vicenza, Treviso, Rovigo, Belluno. Florence, Siena, Pisa, Arezzo, Pistoia, Prato, Lucca, Livorno, Grosseto, Massa Carrara, Rome, Milano, Bergamo, Brescia, Como, Lecco, Lodi, Varese, Sondrio, Pavia, Cremona, Mantova, Bolzano Merano, capital of Tirol, Bressanone, Brunico and Vipiteno.


Home of the United States Army Field Artillery Detachment

11th USAFADVicenza, Italy

“The hardest battle you're ever going to fight is the battle to be just you.”

Specialist Yanez




Rome, ItalySpecialist Yanez

Americans who travel abroad for the first timeare often shocked to discover that,despite all the progress that has been made in the last 30 years,many foreign people still speak in foreign languages.-Dave Barry




Florence, Italy

Like all great travelers, I have seen more than I remember,

and remember more than I have seen. -Benjamin Disraeli




Udine, Italy

“You win battles by knowing the enemy's timing, and using a timing which the enemy does not expect.”

Miyamoto Musashi




Rome, Italy

“I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of

an army of sheep led by a lion” Alexander the Great


Back Home in the USA


Next Duty StationFort Hood, Texas

1st Calvary Division 1st of the 82nd Field Artillery


Fort Erwin, California(NTC) National Training Center

Aiming down range at NTC

The moral effect of the thundering of one's own artillery is most extraordinary, and many of us thought that we had never heard any more welcome sound than the deep roaring and crashing that started in at our rear. Fritz Kreisler



Heading out towards our next firing point

"Artillerymen believe the world consist of two types of people; other Artillerymen and targets."- Unknown



Taking a shower during a field exercise

Everyone who's ever taken a shower has an idea. It's the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it who makes a difference. Nolan Bushnell



Aiming at a practice target at NTC

"A man must know his destiny. if he does not recognize it, then he is lost. By this I mean, once, twice, or at the very most, three times, fate will reach out and tap a man on the shoulder. if he has the imagination, he will turn around and fate will point out to him what fork in the road he should take, if he has the guts, he will take it.“GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON, JR.


Operation Desert Storm VeteranSaudi Arabia

"A line has been drawn in the sand...Withdraw from Kuwait

unconditionally and immediately, or face the terrible consequences."

George Bush

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Returned Home

Safely from Desert Storm

In January 24, 1992 I finally decided to call it quits in the United Sates Army and just became a regular person.


Credits

Leonel Yanez…………………………………………………………………………………………..Pictures

“It is hard to convince a high-school student that he will encounter a lot of problems more difficult than those of algebra and geometry.” by Edward W. Howe http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/high-school.html

“The soldier is the army.”http://www.generalpatton.com/quotes.htmlGENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON, JR. QUOTATIONS

“Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.”Napoleon Bonaparte http://www.quotedb.com/quotes/278


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“The hardest battle you're ever going to fight is the battle to be just you.”Leo F. Buscaglia quoteshttp://thinkexist.com/quotation/the_hardest_battle_you re_ever_going_to_fight_is/9127.html

Americans who travel abroad for the first timeare often shocked to discover that,despite all the progress that has been made in the last 30 years,many foreign people still speak in foreign languages.-Dave Barryhttp://www.greatest-inspirational-quotes.com/inspirational-quotes-about-travel.html

Like all great travelers, I have seen more than I remember,and remember more than I have seen. -Benjamin Disraeli http://www.greatest-inspirational-quotes.com/inspirational-quotes-about-travel.html

“You win battles by knowing the enemy's timing, and using a timing which the enemy does not expect.”Miyamoto Musashi quoteshttp://thinkexist.com/quotation/you_win_battles_by_knowing_the_enemy-s_timing-and/216502.html


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I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion. Alexander the Great http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/a/alexander_the_great.html

The moral effect of the thundering of one's own artillery is most extraordinary, and many of us thought that we had never heard any more welcome sound than the deep roaring and crashing that started in at our rear. Fritz Kreisler http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/artillery.html

"Artillerymen believe the world consist of two types of people; other Artillerymen and targets."- Unknownhttp://www.military-quotes.com/artillery%20quotes.htm

Everyone who's ever taken a shower has an idea. It's the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it who makes a difference. Nolan Bushnell http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/shower.html


Credits

"A man must know his destiny. if he does not recognize it, then he is lost. By this I mean, once, twice, or at the very most, three times, fate will reach out and tap a man on the shoulder. if he has the imagination, he will turn around and fate will point out to him what fork in the road he should take, if he has the guts, he will take it.“GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON, JR.

"A line has been drawn in the sand...Withdraw from Kuwait unconditionally and immediately, or face the terrible consequences."George Bush http://www.cryan.com/war/quotes.html

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