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From Page IA_more, travel time, according to Tunkel.
"We are hoping to find the most expedient way to get all our
children to school," Tunkel said. But that is an issue they are still
working, she said.
Midway has the same basic floor plan as the other two schoolswith a few improvements. A big change, Tunkel said, is the gym
- it will have bleachers on both sides and a wood floor and will
be much larger than Snelson and Frasier.
"I think it is a school they will proud to attend - the students,
parents and teachers, she exclaimed."
There will be a slight swap in all of the school's personnel. The
principal at Hinesville Middle is moving to Snelson, while
Snelson's principal, Cheryl Peterson, moves to Midway. The
teachers will be shifting around a little as well.Fort Stewart sodier to be youngest
Special Forces trainee in 20 years
By Spc. Stephanie L. Carl struggle to teach .such difficult goals? For onds, which is only a few seconds away
Sports/Life and Times editor McKee, it's personal satisfaction. from the Olympic record.
"I have always liked making people He wasn't doing this to break records
Three weeks away from graduation of smile, and I also like adventure. That's a though.
basic training at Fort Benning, Ga., Joshua hard mix to get in a single career, and with "I was just doing it for fun. I like running,
McKee blew his appendix. To many people, Special Forces, I know I'll get an opportuni- and I was good at it," he said.
knowing you are going to have to start all ty to do both," McKee said, brandishing his McKee said he's hoping to be just as
over at day one of basic is almost enough to own smile. good when he goes to school.
make you give up. Not McKee though. McKee said he's looking forward to the After Airborne School, McKee will go to'
McKee is now a specialist. He was work- challenges he will face with Special Forces. the Primary Leadership Development
ing at the Special Forces recruiting office on The images on TV of dirty, skinny little kids Course, then the Basic Non-commissioned
Fort Stewart. Today, he left for Airborne staring blankly out of the screen are usually Officer Course, and finally the Qualification
School, and from there he will go on to the enough for people to feel in touch with Course, which will give him his job training
various schools that will allow him to wear poverty and hunger. Mckee said he wants to to be a medic. Then, he will go to language
the Special Forces tab. experience these things first hand, and that school, which is a requirement of all Special
At 19 years of age, McKee is the is part of the reason Special Forces has so Forces soldiers. After that, he will go to the
youngest soldier in about 20 years to be much appeal to him. SERE (survive, escape, resistance and
selected for Special Forces. He is hoping to "I want to go to third-world countries and return) school, which is said to be the hard-
become qualified as a medic with the interact with these people. I want to go over est school in the Army. That's why it's the
Special Forces. First, he has to make it there and help them. That's what makes me last step before he advances to an A-team,
through training that has over a 50 percent happy; seeing someone smile because I where he will actually put his skills to the
failure rate. helped them," he said.
While the training for 18D has a high McKee's desire to lend a helping hand test k
failure rate, it is worth the struggle, accord- isn't just his own thing; it's a family trait. "I think SERE School is the best military
ing to McKee. Once he completes the train- His mother is a 2nd Lt. in the Army school anyone can go through, Staff Sgt.
ing, he will be able to perform minor Reserves, working in the Nurses Corps. Salvatore Buzzurro, who also works at the
surgery, dentistry and write prescriptions. "My mom is extremely proud of me," S.F. recruiting office, said.
These are just some of the skills he will Mckee said. Though McKee has a vague idea of what
obtain. His desire to help people isn't the only to expect, he said he really doesn't know
McKee came into the Army as an E-1. thing he learned from his mother. what is in store for him. Many soldiers tell
Last April, he made his E-2. Seven months "My mom always told me that no matter stories of SERE school, where they are
later, he was an E-4, working to meet the what I did, I should give 100-percent, so trained to be prisoners of war. But before a
requirements to get his E-5. Over the next that's what I do," McKee said. selected Special Forces soldier goes to the
couple years, McKee will be going through McKee has been giving 100-percent for a school, no one tells them about the experi-
several Army courses, which will make him while though. When he was in high school, ence they will go through.
an E-6 with about the same time in service McKee was on his school's track team. He No matter what happens, McKee said he
as most specialists. ran the 400 and did the pole vault. In fact, will give the whole endeavor 100-percent,
But what would make someone want to McKee's fastest time in the 400 was 52 sec- as he has always done.Al
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Peterson said she is anxious to get settled into her new schoo!,
"It's going to be wonderful," she said. Peterson is having an orga-
nizational meeting 6 p.m., March 20 at Snelson-Golden. She
encourages parents, whose children will be going to Midway, to
attend. She said it would be a good opportunity for them to have
some of their questions answered.
As the new school nears completion, Tunkel wanted parents to
know they are continuously working "to make the transition
smooth for everyone involved."d . :<;::,,.
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