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Gary's day begins promptly at 4:30 a.m.
As a helicopter test pilot in the US Army, a husband, father, and distance education student, he has a lot on his daily to-do list. Over a career that has spanned 18 years, 8 moves, and numerous promotions he has found a way to focus on higher education every step of the way - and distance education has helped.
Meet Gary
Name: Gary Brown
Age: 37
Marital Status: Married
Children: One son
Current Location: North Carolina
Quote: "[The] really great thing about distance education [is] it has no or low impact on family life."
School: Excelsior College
Target: B.S. in Mathematics, 2007
He earned his Bachelor of Science in professional aeronautics from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in 2001. He went on to earn his MBA from Touro University. He then managed to complete all the required coursework for a doctorate and was working on his dissertation when he was deployed to Iraq. He accepted an enhanced graduate certificate, served his tour, and returned stateside.
The 37-year old chief warrant officer is now hard at work on a second bachelor's degree. He is two classes shy of a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics.
Sheer determination makes him rise in the wee hours of the morning to do homework before clocking in with Uncle Sam. By 6:30 a.m., when many people are hitting the snooze button for another 10 minutes of sleep, Gary is well into his daily physical training with the troops. After calisthenics and running, the soldiers are allotted time to shower and eat before reporting to work. His day doesn't let up until 6 p.m.
"Evenings are for family," the father of a two-year old son says. As he has already made a commitment to full-time soldiering, it is understandable that he could not make a commitment to full-time schooling in the evening.
"That's one really great thing about distance education," he says. "It has no or low impact on family life."
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