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FORT DETRICK, Md. -- As an 18-year-old high school graduate in 1990, Corey A. Lord looked to the U.S. Army as a way to launch his career.
But he didn’t figure it would be his entire career.
“I had no intentions of staying 30 years. None,” Lord said, as he explained that he only intended to stay in the military as a medical maintenance equipment repairer for six years. “But after six years … I fell in love with it. I didn’t want to do anything else, so I stayed in.”
After three decades, multiple deployments and numerous achievements, Lord, 48, has retired at the rank of sergeant major.