Military
Hernandez is a US Army Veteran of the Cold War and has also served honorably during the war eras of 1982 Lebanon War and Operation Urgent Fury (Grenada), Gulf War (Desert Shield, Desert Storm, Operation Enduring Freedom, and Operation Iraqi Freedom) and the War on Terrorism. He attained the rank of First Sergeant (1SG) during his military career. He completed his Combat Basic Training at Fort Dix, New Jersey in March 1982. He has served as a Combat Basic Training Instructor at the United States Military Academy in 2002-2005. He has instructed at US Army Post Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri from 1998-2002, Fort Bragg, North Carolina from 1995-1996, Fort Lewis, Washington in 1991 and Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania from 1992-1994. He graduated from the premier class of the Soldier Physical Fitness Academy at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana in 1983 as a Master Fitness Trainer. He graduated from the Warrior Leader Course in Fort Riley, Kansas in 1984, the Maine Military Academy in 1996, and the Vermont Military Academy in 1997. Hernandez during his US Army career was awarded the Physical Fitness Badge of Excellence a total 26 times. In 2003 he received a Challenge coin for his “Superior Performance as an Instructor” at West Point. Hernandez has served in the US Army and US Army Reserves from 1981 to 2006.
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