Soldier Copes With Three Deployments, Adjusts To Home Life
By ABC-7 Producer Denise Olivas
POSTED: 7:20 pm MDT March 14, 2012
EL PASO, Texas -- Three deployments in five years, and not one was easier than the previous.
"Your mindset is never the same," said Sgt. Orlando Candelaria, an El Paso native based out of Fort Hood, Texas.
In November of 2011, Candelaria returned to Ft. Hood from his third tour in Iraq -- a total of 28 months overseas.
"Not knowing what is expected over there, what's going happen, that's what scares me the most," said Candelaria.
The Riverside High School graduate joined the Army in 2007.
He said it was a difficult decision, but ultimately the best one.
Leaving his wife and two kids was just one of the issues that made every deployment difficult.
"The sleep patterns are not the same, your time to eat is not the same. All that plays a factor," said Candelaria.
It was how he faced his problems that got him through all three deployments.
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