Originally from Youngstown, Ohio, George began his military career in 1989 on active duty in the U.S. Army, where he was deployed in Saudi Arabia and Oman in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and in Iraq as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He has also served in the Idaho Air National Guard and in the U.S. Army Reserves.
Due to wounds received in Iraq, George sought a new career in life and began studies with Veterans Upward Bound at Boise State University in 2010 to prepare him to enter college. “Non-traditional students, especially ones who haven’t been in a classroom in over 20 years, aren’t told that all of that stuff that you learned in high school is perishable. Veterans Upward Bound not only helped me bring those dormant skills back to life but also brought them to a point that I could survive a college-level algebra class. Even now, when I am talking to the more seasoned veterans getting ready to go back to school, I always point them to the Veterans Upward Bound building first.”
After successfully completing college prep material, George enrolled at Boise State University in 2011. He later received a bachelor’s degree in psychology in December 2013. Currently, he is enrolled in a master’s degree program in social work at Northwest Nazarene University and is the Director of Student and Veteran Affairs for the Wyakin Warrior Foundation.