Father Stephen Gadberry

Not because I was trying to be weak, but because I just hadn't gone to that spot mentally before, like to that dark of a spot. I mean, I grew up with some dark stuff, but They were all kind of exterior things, but that internal drive to push into the point of discomfort.

Even though I worked hard my whole life, and I still do, at that time I didn't understand what it meant to push a little bit deeper, go past the point of comfort. It's got multiple deep matters. For example, one night we had to make tent stakes. I don't know what it was like for buds, but you're doing PT all day long, and then they give us projects to do at night.

Even though I worked hard my whole life, and I still do, at that time I didn't understand what it meant to push a little bit deeper, go past the point of comfort. It's got multiple deep matters. For example, one night we had to make tent stakes. I don't know what it was like for buds, but you're doing PT all day long, and then they give us projects to do at night.

Even though I worked hard my whole life, and I still do, at that time I didn't understand what it meant to push a little bit deeper, go past the point of comfort. It's got multiple deep matters. For example, one night we had to make tent stakes. I don't know what it was like for buds, but you're doing PT all day long, and then they give us projects to do at night.

uh you're getting sleep deprived you know so you're or if you do sleep you'll come refreshed but you're you don't didn't get your work done so they're you know it's you're gonna you're gonna pay for it somehow so one night we had to make tent stakes and i didn't make them long enough i think they had to be like 16 inches long or something mine were 14 and 15 so that had a shovel one of my shovels was had dirt on it for the morning inspection so that was another one we had to make a

uh you're getting sleep deprived you know so you're or if you do sleep you'll come refreshed but you're you don't didn't get your work done so they're you know it's you're gonna you're gonna pay for it somehow so one night we had to make tent stakes and i didn't make them long enough i think they had to be like 16 inches long or something mine were 14 and 15 so that had a shovel one of my shovels was had dirt on it for the morning inspection so that was another one we had to make a

uh you're getting sleep deprived you know so you're or if you do sleep you'll come refreshed but you're you don't didn't get your work done so they're you know it's you're gonna you're gonna pay for it somehow so one night we had to make tent stakes and i didn't make them long enough i think they had to be like 16 inches long or something mine were 14 and 15 so that had a shovel one of my shovels was had dirt on it for the morning inspection so that was another one we had to make a

Sleeping bags out of pieces of parachute. We had to, you know, sew it up at night. Had to have six to eight stitches per inch. And if there was more or less, it would be another demerit. And so I had some spots on there where it was, you know, didn't meet that criteria.

Sleeping bags out of pieces of parachute. We had to, you know, sew it up at night. Had to have six to eight stitches per inch. And if there was more or less, it would be another demerit. And so I had some spots on there where it was, you know, didn't meet that criteria.

Sleeping bags out of pieces of parachute. We had to, you know, sew it up at night. Had to have six to eight stitches per inch. And if there was more or less, it would be another demerit. And so I had some spots on there where it was, you know, didn't meet that criteria.

And it sucked because if you had this little window of stitches, let's say I had 10 of them in this inch space, I was only supposed to have eight stitches. They would measure it and say, oh, you got 10. And then they would go like every little stitch in that inch and count another stitch and say, oh, you got 10 demerits on this or whatever. So that. What else? I think those were good.

And it sucked because if you had this little window of stitches, let's say I had 10 of them in this inch space, I was only supposed to have eight stitches. They would measure it and say, oh, you got 10. And then they would go like every little stitch in that inch and count another stitch and say, oh, you got 10 demerits on this or whatever. So that. What else? I think those were good.

And it sucked because if you had this little window of stitches, let's say I had 10 of them in this inch space, I was only supposed to have eight stitches. They would measure it and say, oh, you got 10. And then they would go like every little stitch in that inch and count another stitch and say, oh, you got 10 demerits on this or whatever. So that. What else? I think those were good.

The shovel, the sewing. So where'd you go? Where'd you go when you left? Yeah. Got reclassed into another job. We took maybe... You went to Iraq. Yeah. So after that, I had to wait two weeks to get another job. That was about three weeks. You just put it on cleaning detail until they put you in another school. So I did logistics. They put me in a school to learn logistic planning.

The shovel, the sewing. So where'd you go? Where'd you go when you left? Yeah. Got reclassed into another job. We took maybe... You went to Iraq. Yeah. So after that, I had to wait two weeks to get another job. That was about three weeks. You just put it on cleaning detail until they put you in another school. So I did logistics. They put me in a school to learn logistic planning.

The shovel, the sewing. So where'd you go? Where'd you go when you left? Yeah. Got reclassed into another job. We took maybe... You went to Iraq. Yeah. So after that, I had to wait two weeks to get another job. That was about three weeks. You just put it on cleaning detail until they put you in another school. So I did logistics. They put me in a school to learn logistic planning.

So people and stuff had to move it. I did cargo. Most of that time was cargo movement, which was really fun. That time in the middle... I got washed out of SEER, which sucked, man. But it was a good kick in the face because I wanted to do it so, so bad. And I thought that I was prepared for it.

So people and stuff had to move it. I did cargo. Most of that time was cargo movement, which was really fun. That time in the middle... I got washed out of SEER, which sucked, man. But it was a good kick in the face because I wanted to do it so, so bad. And I thought that I was prepared for it.

So people and stuff had to move it. I did cargo. Most of that time was cargo movement, which was really fun. That time in the middle... I got washed out of SEER, which sucked, man. But it was a good kick in the face because I wanted to do it so, so bad. And I thought that I was prepared for it.

But it broke me in a good way because now it's one of the things I took out of that was the need to dig even deeper, be more alert, pay more attention. They put in that logistics job. While we're waiting, we're just cleaning every day. You probably remember that. Like if you don't just sit around and do nothing, they make you do something.