FT. CAMPBELL, Ky. — At Fort Campbell, a soldier's day is usually already scheduled down to the minute.
But in the kitchen ahead of the U.S. Army's 5th Special Forces Group Thanksgiving Dinner, time is even more important, as they prep the meal with military precision
Specialist Trenton Johnson is one of the soldiers who took part in the dinner this year. Trenton says he'd usually be spending with his family in Orlando.
After two deployments to Iraq, he says outside of his loved ones at home, he's come to know a different kind of family to spend the holiday with.
"The Army is definitely your family, when we enlist and move away from home, we know we're leaving family and going on own, but I think in a sense we don't know we're gonna find a new family," Trenton said.
A new family that Trenton says he doesn't have to look very far to be thankful for.
This story by Aaron Cantrell reminds me of my first school in Dyersburg, TN. I was a student at Bruce School from Kindergarten to second grade until the school system was integrated. My parents graduated from this K-12 school in 1960 in one of the city's African American communities. After sitting empty for several years, part of the school was demolished while the rest was renovated and now serves as a community center for the Bruce community in Dyersburg. A local pastor is now trying to do something similar in the Cemetery community in Rutherford Co.
-Lelan Statom
