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Our Neighborhood Veterans Courtesy Photo
are outside of the gate
and the U.S. Military
Police are inside the gate,
by Jim Houck, Jr. in case people would try
to breach the gates; the
protesters would have
Danielle Bloxham to get through the K&P
to breach the gate and
E-4 Spec. (Military Police) U.S. Army then get through the U.S.
Military Police.
Riot control is a big
U.S. Army Veteran and Mother of Two Daughters thing in South Korea. A
few times, people would Danielle Bloxham is pictured with her two daughters, Evie and
come close to breaching Jaiden.
Born on June 12, 1983, in Red Danielle was in 95 Bravo Military the gates by tossing
Bluff, California, to Dawn and Police and went to Fort Leonard Molotov cocktails. Danielle said that Danielle said that three weeks later,
Stephen Marsh, was a bouncing Wood Base in Missouri, because it when she first arrived at the base, she she was still in a full leg brace and
little tomboy they named, Danielle. has one-unit service training and would wear her uniform when riding on high doses of pain medication.
Eventually, Danielle was blessed is coed; it has different bays but the trains, but when she left a year At one point, she woke up and was
with three younger sisters: Desiree, the training is done all at one time later, they were not allowed to wear in so much pain that she could not
Ronee, and Stephenie. Danielle grew and then they go to their assigned uniforms to travel in public. She was even stand the light, so she had
up in California; her mother, Dawn, station. Danielle was there from mid- in South Korea from June 2002-July her sister come get her and take
moved to Maryland in 1996 after January until June. Afterwards, she 2003. her to the hospital. They cleaned a
Danielle’s youngest sister turned one had two or three weeks of leave, so During her time in South Korea, lot of infection out and asked her
year old, and a year later, she and she flew back to Maryland and then she met someone and put in a COT where she had the surgery done and
her other sisters followed. to California. Following her leave, (continuing overseas tour), requesting proceeded to tell her that she needed
Danielle, being the oldest, went she was off to South Korea. to go to Germany. You usually come to go there immediately. They flew
to school in California through the Danielle was stationed in Buson, back stateside for a short period of her to Martinsburg; she blacked out
sixth grade and part of seventh. She South Korea at Camp Hialeah in time after a tour, before being sent and when she woke up, she found
then attended Maryland schools the second biggest city (also a port overseas again. Being young, Danielle out that she had a staph infection
for the remainder of seventh grade city) in South Korea, with Seoul thought she would put in to go to and had to have emergency surgery
through the eighth grade. Following being the largest city. Camp Hialeah Germany, but in the process, tried to again. Danielle said she was out for a
eighth grade, Danielle went again has a perimeter of two miles, which stop her orders. She flew home and week and remembers waking up and
back to California and finished ninth makes it very small, but Danielle then went back to Korea for another the nurse saying, “Thank God you’re
and tenth grades, and then came said that they would back-fill for six months, then orders came down awake.” She was in Martinsburg for
back to Maryland and got her GED. other areas, so they would go all that would make Fort Huachuca, another week, and she remembers
While in school, Danielle played the way to Seoul to fill for other Arizona, her next duty station. that the hospital was really getting to
softball and soccer—and just about people. In the United States, it is a Danielle was at Fort Huachuca until her and she just wanted to get out of
every sport. She states that because lot different being a military police she got out of the Army. there and get home to her two-year-
she was a tomboy, she would travel officer, according to Danielle. In Danielle was released from the old daughter. She got approval to
with the boys’ basketball team to South Korea, one of the major job Army with a medical discharge get off the morphine drip and asked
their games and keep the records for duties you do there is riot control; in March 2005. While in Korea, what she could do to get home. The
them. Her whole family was avid there are a lot of riots. In South Danielle had surgery in Seoul on her infection was so intense that she had
softball players and they still are; Korea, they have to have permission left hand for De Quervain’s disease, to stay on the medication for quite a
she said her uncle was in the Little to riot from the K&P; this is because which is a painful inflammation of while, so they put a pick line in her
League World Series in 1975 or of KATUSA (Korean Obligation tendons in the thumb, causing pain left arm for her to be able to give
1976. She grew up around sports. to the United States Army). They from the base of the thumb that herself intravenous therapy (IV).
She also loves to fish and hunt each are actually Koreans and instead of extend to the wrist. She also had She set up to have in-home nurses
year and gets a license for both. She doing their military service with the surgery at Fort Huachuca on her come to her home. She was a young
was due to graduate in 2002, but she Korean Army, they do their twenty- right hand for De Quervain’s disease twenty-three at the time, and she had
signed up for the military and left for six months with the United States about a year and a half after her to give herself IVs three times a day.
boot camp before her graduation. Army. The Korean Military Police first surgery. While in Arizona, she Danielle did the IVs for six weeks
got pregnant; she had her daughter, and was on medication for about six
Jaiden, on April 10, 2004. When she months to make sure the infection
got her discharge, they drove across was gone from her system, then she
country to Maryland; Danielle got went back to work.
a job shortly thereafter with Wells Danielle is now going to Frederick
Fargo Home Mortgage in Frederick. Community College, majoring
She was an operations analyst. She in cyber security and is just one
worked for Wells Fargo just shy of class short of graduating with her
ten years, when she decided to go Associate’s degree. Danielle had a
back to school to be a vocational second daughter, Evie, on March
rehabilitation coordinator. 11, 2011. Both daughters like sports
While waiting for her benefits to like their mother, and Evie is playing
come through after arriving home, T-Ball this year. Danielle likes to
Danielle developed problems from reflect on the differences in weather
an injury to her knee she received in in California and Maryland, and
the field in South Korea. The surgery how she never owned a coat until
was supposed to be a simple in- she moved to Maryland in January
and-out procedure; she had it done
at Martinsburg Veterans Hospital. … Continued on page 35
Our Neighborhood Veterans Courtesy Photo
are outside of the gate
and the U.S. Military
Police are inside the gate,
by Jim Houck, Jr. in case people would try
to breach the gates; the
protesters would have
Danielle Bloxham to get through the K&P
to breach the gate and
E-4 Spec. (Military Police) U.S. Army then get through the U.S.
Military Police.
Riot control is a big
U.S. Army Veteran and Mother of Two Daughters thing in South Korea. A
few times, people would Danielle Bloxham is pictured with her two daughters, Evie and
come close to breaching Jaiden.
Born on June 12, 1983, in Red Danielle was in 95 Bravo Military the gates by tossing
Bluff, California, to Dawn and Police and went to Fort Leonard Molotov cocktails. Danielle said that Danielle said that three weeks later,
Stephen Marsh, was a bouncing Wood Base in Missouri, because it when she first arrived at the base, she she was still in a full leg brace and
little tomboy they named, Danielle. has one-unit service training and would wear her uniform when riding on high doses of pain medication.
Eventually, Danielle was blessed is coed; it has different bays but the trains, but when she left a year At one point, she woke up and was
with three younger sisters: Desiree, the training is done all at one time later, they were not allowed to wear in so much pain that she could not
Ronee, and Stephenie. Danielle grew and then they go to their assigned uniforms to travel in public. She was even stand the light, so she had
up in California; her mother, Dawn, station. Danielle was there from mid- in South Korea from June 2002-July her sister come get her and take
moved to Maryland in 1996 after January until June. Afterwards, she 2003. her to the hospital. They cleaned a
Danielle’s youngest sister turned one had two or three weeks of leave, so During her time in South Korea, lot of infection out and asked her
year old, and a year later, she and she flew back to Maryland and then she met someone and put in a COT where she had the surgery done and
her other sisters followed. to California. Following her leave, (continuing overseas tour), requesting proceeded to tell her that she needed
Danielle, being the oldest, went she was off to South Korea. to go to Germany. You usually come to go there immediately. They flew
to school in California through the Danielle was stationed in Buson, back stateside for a short period of her to Martinsburg; she blacked out
sixth grade and part of seventh. She South Korea at Camp Hialeah in time after a tour, before being sent and when she woke up, she found
then attended Maryland schools the second biggest city (also a port overseas again. Being young, Danielle out that she had a staph infection
for the remainder of seventh grade city) in South Korea, with Seoul thought she would put in to go to and had to have emergency surgery
through the eighth grade. Following being the largest city. Camp Hialeah Germany, but in the process, tried to again. Danielle said she was out for a
eighth grade, Danielle went again has a perimeter of two miles, which stop her orders. She flew home and week and remembers waking up and
back to California and finished ninth makes it very small, but Danielle then went back to Korea for another the nurse saying, “Thank God you’re
and tenth grades, and then came said that they would back-fill for six months, then orders came down awake.” She was in Martinsburg for
back to Maryland and got her GED. other areas, so they would go all that would make Fort Huachuca, another week, and she remembers
While in school, Danielle played the way to Seoul to fill for other Arizona, her next duty station. that the hospital was really getting to
softball and soccer—and just about people. In the United States, it is a Danielle was at Fort Huachuca until her and she just wanted to get out of
every sport. She states that because lot different being a military police she got out of the Army. there and get home to her two-year-
she was a tomboy, she would travel officer, according to Danielle. In Danielle was released from the old daughter. She got approval to
with the boys’ basketball team to South Korea, one of the major job Army with a medical discharge get off the morphine drip and asked
their games and keep the records for duties you do there is riot control; in March 2005. While in Korea, what she could do to get home. The
them. Her whole family was avid there are a lot of riots. In South Danielle had surgery in Seoul on her infection was so intense that she had
softball players and they still are; Korea, they have to have permission left hand for De Quervain’s disease, to stay on the medication for quite a
she said her uncle was in the Little to riot from the K&P; this is because which is a painful inflammation of while, so they put a pick line in her
League World Series in 1975 or of KATUSA (Korean Obligation tendons in the thumb, causing pain left arm for her to be able to give
1976. She grew up around sports. to the United States Army). They from the base of the thumb that herself intravenous therapy (IV).
She also loves to fish and hunt each are actually Koreans and instead of extend to the wrist. She also had She set up to have in-home nurses
year and gets a license for both. She doing their military service with the surgery at Fort Huachuca on her come to her home. She was a young
was due to graduate in 2002, but she Korean Army, they do their twenty- right hand for De Quervain’s disease twenty-three at the time, and she had
signed up for the military and left for six months with the United States about a year and a half after her to give herself IVs three times a day.
boot camp before her graduation. Army. The Korean Military Police first surgery. While in Arizona, she Danielle did the IVs for six weeks
got pregnant; she had her daughter, and was on medication for about six
Jaiden, on April 10, 2004. When she months to make sure the infection
got her discharge, they drove across was gone from her system, then she
country to Maryland; Danielle got went back to work.
a job shortly thereafter with Wells Danielle is now going to Frederick
Fargo Home Mortgage in Frederick. Community College, majoring
She was an operations analyst. She in cyber security and is just one
worked for Wells Fargo just shy of class short of graduating with her
ten years, when she decided to go Associate’s degree. Danielle had a
back to school to be a vocational second daughter, Evie, on March
rehabilitation coordinator. 11, 2011. Both daughters like sports
While waiting for her benefits to like their mother, and Evie is playing
come through after arriving home, T-Ball this year. Danielle likes to
Danielle developed problems from reflect on the differences in weather
an injury to her knee she received in in California and Maryland, and
the field in South Korea. The surgery how she never owned a coat until
was supposed to be a simple in- she moved to Maryland in January
and-out procedure; she had it done
at Martinsburg Veterans Hospital. … Continued on page 35
