PFC Torrell Buckner

Indianapolis Informationtechnology specialist

I grew up in a rough neighborhood. You get caught up in stuff sooner or later. Parties. Smoking. Fighting. I went to live with my uncle and get away from things. He’d joined the Army and his life turned out all right. So I said, “Sign me up.”

I knew I’d get yelled at every day because of the type of person I was. I would always talk back. You can’t do that in the Army. They try and break you down.

Now I’m working to get security certifications, because they’ll help me make decent money when I leave the military.

I used to be hotheaded. I never used to turn the other cheek to stuff. But here, the Army taught me that, so that’s good.