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Former soldier overcomes education deficit to graduate with honors
KILLEEN — For 23 years, Dawn Spradley drove a truck for the U.S. Army, deploying six times before retiring as a sergeant first class in 2012.
As a military occupational specialty 88M, or motor transport operator, the 45-year-old has been to Bosnia, Kosovo, and Iraq, and has been stationed in Germany, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri and at Fort Hood, retiring from the 4th Sustainment Brigade.
