Army Sargent E5 Josh Anders grew up in Louisiana and while in High School, enlisted in the Army. His first assignment was in Ft. Knox, Kentucky.
He then served in the training center at Baltimore, Maryland, then at Ft. Riley in Kansas.
His tours of duty included deployment to Germany for two years and Iraq for 13 months.
While at Ft. Riley, he met his future wife, Caitlin, who was from El Dorado.
Following his enlistment, he went to work in 2009 at Frontier Refinery in El Dorado. He and his wife have two children and another on the way.
He is proud of his service in the U. S. Army.