Michael Martinez had volunteered for duty in Iraq and left Fort Carson last November to join the cavalry regiment that deployed last April.
The son of Command Sgt. Maj. Raymond C. Martinez, a Vietnam veteran and career soldier who rose through the ranks to hold the highest noncommissioned officer grade, Michael Martinez followed, then surpassed, his father's path.
He served eight years as an enlisted soldier, then left for college and law school, returning to the Army as an officer and lawyer in 1998.
Martinez, who was born in Frankfurt, Germany, grew up at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.
Martinez served with the staff judge advocate's office at Fort Leavenworth and Fort Riley in Kansas after graduating, then moved to Fort Carson about two years ago, to become chief of legal assistance in the post's legal office.
Martinez was equally devoted to his own three sons from his first marriage, and the two daughters of his second wife, Kelly.
Martinez volunteered for Iraq duty last November.
The son of Command Sgt. Maj. Raymond C. Martinez, a Vietnam veteran and career soldier who rose through the ranks to hold the highest noncommissioned officer grade, Michael Martinez followed, then surpassed, his father's path.
He served eight years as an enlisted soldier, then left for college and law school, returning to the Army as an officer and lawyer in 1998.
Martinez, who was born in Frankfurt, Germany, grew up at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.
Martinez served with the staff judge advocate's office at Fort Leavenworth and Fort Riley in Kansas after graduating, then moved to Fort Carson about two years ago, to become chief of legal assistance in the post's legal office.
Martinez was equally devoted to his own three sons from his first marriage, and the two daughters of his second wife, Kelly.
Martinez volunteered for Iraq duty last November.
Michael Martinez had volunteered for duty in Iraq and left Fort Carson last November to join the cavalry regiment that deployed last April.
The son of Command Sgt. Maj. Raymond C. Martinez, a Vietnam veteran and career soldier who rose through the ranks to hold the highest noncommissioned officer grade, Michael Martinez followed, then surpassed, his father's path.
He served eight years as an enlisted soldier, then left for college and law school, returning to the Army as an officer and lawyer in 1998.
Martinez, who was born in Frankfurt, Germany, grew up at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.
Martinez served with the staff judge advocate's office at Fort Leavenworth and Fort Riley in Kansas after graduating, then moved to Fort Carson about two years ago, to become chief of legal assistance in the post's legal office.
Martinez was equally devoted to his own three sons from his first marriage, and the two daughters of his second wife, Kelly.
Martinez volunteered for Iraq duty last November.
The son of Command Sgt. Maj. Raymond C. Martinez, a Vietnam veteran and career soldier who rose through the ranks to hold the highest noncommissioned officer grade, Michael Martinez followed, then surpassed, his father's path.
He served eight years as an enlisted soldier, then left for college and law school, returning to the Army as an officer and lawyer in 1998.
Martinez, who was born in Frankfurt, Germany, grew up at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.
Martinez served with the staff judge advocate's office at Fort Leavenworth and Fort Riley in Kansas after graduating, then moved to Fort Carson about two years ago, to become chief of legal assistance in the post's legal office.
Martinez was equally devoted to his own three sons from his first marriage, and the two daughters of his second wife, Kelly.
Martinez volunteered for Iraq duty last November.
