FORT CAVAZOS, Texas — For some individuals, serving within the Military means placing on a couple of uniform.

Christian King is the first Lieutenant and Alpha Firm Government Officer for the 615th Aviation Assist Battalion with the first Cavalry Division.

King is a proud soldier that spent his childhood on the seashores of Barbados.

”[It’s] someplace the place lots of people go trip at,” King stated.

“You possibly can solely think about, consistently uncovered to stunning climate, pretty island breeze, the seashores, the crystal blue water, and simply grew up enjoying loads of soccer wherever I may.”

When he was 17, he moved to Detroit together with his mother and earned a scholarship to play soccer for the College of Detroit Mercy.

With the help of his mom and to be a job mannequin for his son, Lieutenant King joined the Military and introduced his love of soccer with him.

”I joined the Fort Bragg submit set up workforce and from there, simply stored making an attempt out and making use of to the echelons above that,” King stated.

“All Military workforce, All Armed Forces workforce, and I have been lucky sufficient to play in any respect these ranges.”

King helped a few of these groups to deliver dwelling gold medals in recent times.

”The workforce received our first event in 2019 after which, only recently, received the event once more in 2023,” King stated.

“Collaborating down and Camp Pendelton on Oceanside California.”

These are experiences his present commander says helped form the chief he’s proud to have on his workforce.

”Each time you set him accountable for different individuals to perform a particular mission, he feeds off issues like that and he does it with all his coronary heart, and he will get it finished,” stated Cpt Emmanuel Shima, Alpha Firm Commander, 615th Aviation Assist Battalion.

He does all of this figuring out that his service retains him removed from his son, and he has a message for the younger man that retains him going.

”Day by day you encourage me to be the perfect model of myself, so it offers you one thing to look as much as and your self, to be impressed by,” King stated.

“I am tremendous pleased with you, love you, stay up for seeing you actual quickly.”

1st Lieutenant Christian King proudly serves his county in uniforms on and off the soccer subject proving there’s a couple of strategy to serve.