LOGAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Army Cpl. Vinny Cantu pulls security during a patrol near Combat Outpost Sultan Khyel in Wardak Province, Afghanistan, July 24, 2012. Cantu is a 25-year-old native of Salem, Ore., who is serving in eastern Afghanistan with 2nd Platoon, Battle Company. 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, headquartered out of Vicenza, Italy. Cantu enlisted as an infantryman in 2006 and is on his third deployment to Afghanistan with the 173rd. “I told my parents what I was doing and they were like ‘whatever you do, don’t be infantry,’ and
LOGAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Army Cpl. Vinny Cantu pulls security during a patrol near Combat Outpost Sultan Khyel in Wardak Province, Afghanistan, July 24, 2012. Cantu is a 25-year-old native of Salem, Ore., who is serving in eastern Afghanistan with 2nd Platoon, Battle Company. 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, headquartered out of Vicenza, Italy. Cantu enlisted as an infantryman in 2006 and is on his third deployment to Afghanistan with the 173rd. “I told my parents what I was doing and they were like ‘whatever you do, don’t be infantry,’ and that’s the first thing I did,” he said. “Sign me up for airborne infantry I want to jump out of airplanes.” ( Army photo by Sgt. Michael Sword, TF 173 Public Affairs) Why we serve, Cpl. Vinny Cantu 656467
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