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A New Role

Dec-27-2008 » Filed Under: 1/25 SBCT

The News Tribune provides an update on a former 1/25 SBCT soldier, Armando Mejia, who is now the military outreach director for the Boys & Girls Clubs of South Puget Sound.

The 31-year-old father of three clearly relished watching the Christmas play last week at an auditorium at Fort Lewis’ Madigan Army Medical Center. The Spanaway resident is the military outreach director for the Boys & Girls Clubs of South Puget Sound.

Mejia’s job has become a bit of salvation for the former Fort Lewis soldier who nearly died four years ago when a roadside bomb exploded under his Humvee in Iraq. He struggled with a grueling physical recovery and a severe case of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Today, he helps coordinate programs for the hundreds of children in the area – from as far west as Belfair and Bremerton and eastward to Spanaway and Graham – whose parents serve in the armed forces.

“Working with these kids,” he said, “has helped turn everything around for me.”


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