My name is Raymond Shark. I am an Operation Iraqi Freedom III war veteran. I served in the Mississippi Army, National Guard and the Tennessee Army National Guard. Military career began when I enlisted during my junior year of high school fall of 1999. I shipped off to Fort Sill, OK for basic training during the summer of 2000. After graduating high school,  I returned to Fort Sill for 13 Bravo school during AIT. I served proudly and after one of one tour of deployment in Iraq from Dec 2004-Dec 2005. I retired from the military September 2018. Joining the military was the best decision I’ve ever made. I met many good people and seen many different places.