Timothy "Joel" Thomas

Hometown: Fayetteville, North Carolina

ECU Affiliation: Student

Branch of Service: Army

Dates/Era of Service: September 2004 to 2016

Places Served:

Fort Benning, GA; Fort Rucker, AL; Fort Hood, TX; Basrah and Talil, Iraq, and Raleigh, NC

Brief Narrative

I graduated from ECU School of Communications in 2006 where I also recieved my commissioning as a 2LT through the ECU Army ROTC program. I commissioned into the NCARNG and soon went to flight school to learn to fly the AH-64D Apache helicopter. I deployed to Iraq in 2009 and have been AGR since return home. I current reside in Holly Springs NC with my wife (also Pirate alumni) Lindsay and two daughters Lilly and Rylee.