Military Service
After graduating from high school, Shores served in the United States Navy from 1985 to 1988 where he served on the USS Fox, until he was given an honorable discharge. Not long after returning to the United States of America his health began to deteriorate with muscle aches, joint stiffness, night sweats, major weight loss (70 pounds), uncontrollable muscle twitching, chronic fatigue, loss of vision in his left eye, and other symptoms. Shores now uses a wheelchair. Shores argues that he suffers from Gulf War Syndrome and he become active with the American Gulf War Veterans Association in 1997.
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