Towards the end of 1995, John enlisted in the U.S. Army. He was aimless, and he was desperately searching for a new way to live. Honestly, he was looking to become someone else. It looked like a new war might be stirring up in the Balkans, and he thought maybe a war would make a man out of him. At any rate, when he left for Basic Training in January of 1996, he hoped so. But sometimes life looks at the big plans of young men and swallows a laugh...