CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait — Wounded Warrior retired Sgt. Franz Walkup (right) poses for a photo with Sgt. Maj. Stephanie Armstrong with Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 28th Infantry Division, Task Force Spartan following an Operation Proper Exit town hall meeting April 3, 2018. Walkup sustained five gunshot wounds to the stomach and lower back in Afghanistan in 2012. He is now a full-time student pursuing a machining certificate. Walkup joined the Army after his older brother was killed in Iraq in 2007. After Franz was injured, Walkup’s two younger brothers joined and are now captains in t


CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait — Wounded Warrior retired Sgt. Franz Walkup (right) poses for a photo with Sgt. Maj. Stephanie Armstrong with Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 28th Infantry Division, Task Force Spartan following an Operation Proper Exit town hall meeting April 3, 2018. Walkup sustained five gunshot wounds to the stomach and lower back in Afghanistan in 2012. He is now a full-time student pursuing a machining certificate. Walkup joined the Army after his older brother was killed in Iraq in 2007. After Franz was injured, Walkup’s two younger brothers joined and are now captains in the Army. His two youngest brothers, twins, are in the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program.


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