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Education
Hiking And Backpacking
Biking And Cycling
Weightlifting
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Reading
Reading
Psychology
Medicine
Pharmacology
How-To
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I read books multiple times per week
Jeremy Lachut
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My name is Jeremy Lachut. I am 32 years old and was born and raised in Massachusetts. I am currently a Staff Sergeant in the Active Duty Army, where I am an instructor for new Soldiers. I have been in the Army for 11 years and been deployed to Afghanistan and Germany. I am currently attending Ozarks Technical Community College where I am pursuing a degree in medicine which is difficult being in the Army and being diagnosed with ADHD and PTSD. I am also a Nationally Registered EMT.
My true passion is helping people. When I say true passion, I mean that it is the reason for my life. It is what I absolutely love to do. I am a Volunteer fire fighter and EMT. My goal in life it to become a Nurse Practitioner and a Paramedic and eventually becomes a flight nurse. My other passions in life are learning, exercise and being a husband. I plan on being a volunteer fire fighter for as long as I can and will continue to donate and volunteer in my community when and wherever I can. My other goal in life are to open a business with my wife where we sell products made by people who wish to donate them. We only plan on keeping enough profit to keep the business running and giving the rest to charities and helping the contributors. I believe I would be a good candidate for a grant or scholarship because ultimately, the money wont be going to me. It will be going to everyone who I plan on helping in the future and hopefully, others will see those kind acts and decide to help others as well.
Education
Ozarks Technical Community College
Associate's degree programMajors:
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
Pathfinder Vocational Technical
High SchoolMiscellaneous
Desired degree level:
Master's degree program
Graduate schools of interest:
Transfer schools of interest:
Majors of interest:
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants
Career
Dream career field:
Hospital & Health Care
Dream career goals:
Nurse Practitioner
Line Cook/ Caterer
Steaming Tender2009 – 20112 yearsCombat Engineer
Active Duty Army2011 – Present13 years
Public services
Volunteering
40 & 8 veterans organization — Sous Director of Child Welfare2020 – PresentVolunteering
W.R.F.P.D — Fire Fighter/EMT2020 – Present
Future Interests
Volunteering
Jimmy Cardenas Community Leader Scholarship
Winner I overcame an obstacle while serving in a tour in Germany. Upon returning from Croatia after a 30-day field Exercise, I started to become very ill. I contracted jaundice, became very nauseated, and constantly exhausted. I very quickly found myself in the emergency room at an off-post hospital. The doctors checked me out and found a build up of gall stones. They ensured me that I would spend three days tops in the hospital. After clearing the gall stones, my health quickly started to decline. I started to have organ failure and my bilirubin elevated to exorbitated levels. My blood quickly became toxic. I was put into an ICU, and was attached to hemodialysis, that had two catheters in either side of my neck. I was on the dialyzer for about 3 days and my bilirubin levels dropped. After removing me for hemodialysis, my levels returned to their previous levels. I was then again returned to hemodialysis. This processed repeated itself for over a month. It was Christmas time and I did not want to burden my family. All I told them I was not able to come home this year. After about 2 months of weekly hemodialysis, they again took me off. My levels immediately returned to their previous state. They were baffled by my situation and I was met by the head doctor of the hospital. He informed me that none of their treatments were helping. My liver was too significantly damaged and my outlook was grim. I needed a liver transplant and even then, chances are it would not help. Which is when he told me that I was going to die. My chain of command assisted me in contacting my family so they could fly out and see me one last time. I was left with my thoughts for what seemed an eternity. Other than the occasional nurse visit, I was so dreadfully alone. I looked at my life and wondered if I had done enough. I came to terms with death. I did not have any other option. The doctors came in and hooked me up to hemodialysis one last time. After that round, my bilirubin levels remained lower for a few days. The doctors took a chance and sent me back to the states for further care. I spent another 5 months of constant care in Bethesda, Maryland where I was able to recover and continue on with my Army career. To this day, I am still fighting to overcome what conspired, though, I am doing better.
In the military, part of leadership is sacrifice. You sacrifice your time and your families time to ensure the health and welfare of your Soldiers their Families are attended to. There was a Soldier in my charge. He started to exhibit signs of destress and anger. I knew something was wrong. I went to his barracks room that night to check on him. He was crying and had suicidal ideations. He had a plan and did not know what to do. I came in and we sat and talked for hours. I told him that I was not going to leave his side. We discussed a plan of action, and came to an agreement to seek help. I drove him to the emergency room, where he was admitted into in-patient care. I still didn’t leave his side until I knew he was going to be ok. To this day, I still talk to him. He has a wife and a daughter and says he is honestly the happiest he has ever been.