WAXAHACHIE, Texas-Staff Sgt. Jose Rivera, 33, and his younger brother Ariel Antonio Rivera, 25, grew up on the Island of Puerto Rico in a town called Bayamon. The two brothers are eight years apart and neither one imagined that more than 20 years later they would both be soldiers.
The Rivera brothers grew up in a middle class family, their mother, Maria, a housewife and their father, Jose, a mechanic. Staff Sgt. Rivera had always been interested in the military since he was small boy and after high school he decided to join the Army.
"I wanted to improve my life," explained he said. "Living in Puerto Rico was great, but I needed to expand my education. Joining the Army was …
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