Jeremy  joined the U.S. Army on Feb 13, 2001 on the delayed entry program. As he was preparing himself for a four month long basic and advanced individual training, he witnessed on TV what would become a vastly different entry into the military than he expected. His military occupational specialty in combat arms and reconnaissance would land him right in the worst part of Iraq early 2003. 

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After 14 months in Iraq from 2003-2004 his Unit, 3rd ACR, was deployed back to Iraq in 2005 to a northern city called Tal’Afar. Within days he was engaging in gun battles and hitting heavy amounts of improvised explosive devices (IED’s). On June 25, 2005 early in the morning hours his unit conducted an operation in a heavily populated area known for insurgent activity.  

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As Jeremy entered the District of the city, gun shots rang out and he took the prone fighting position near an intersection and provided over watch of a rooftop. Within seconds he felt a concussion ring through my body and was instantly paralyzed from the waist down and having a hard time breathing. His team came to the rescue pulling him to safety and administering first aid while calling for a medical evacuation.

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After a 9-hour life saving surgery in Mosul Iraq, Jeremy was intubated and transferred to Germany for 48 hours and then to Walter Reed Hospital where he was in the ICU for several weeks. He had to lay flat for three months without moving. After a year in the hospital he was able to eventually get medically retired in 2007.

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He was shot by a bullet that entered my right hip, traversed through my sacrum shattering it, then L5-L1 vertebrae crushing everything and then up through my left ribcage and puncturing his lung through and through ending up in his shoulder where it still is today.  

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After a little over a year, Jeremy attempted his passion for golf again, and found that he could swing without too much pain. After hard work and dedication rehabilitating, golf became a hobby mentally and physically that contributed to his ability to look forward to sports like he used to prior to the injury. 

 

Golfing has provided Jeremy with a way to continue his passion playing sports after his injury during his deployment to Iraq in 2005. He believes that the awareness Holes for Hope brings is honorable and a great mission.