From Fort Knox to Iraq, local soldier serves with pride

By 23 June 2009. Filed in Chaplain Assistants.

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When people ask Sgt. Jeremy Levens about Iraq, he tries to set the scene for them. He tells them to fill their hands with a clump of dirt, go to the bathroom and blow the dirt on themselves with a hair dryer — they’ll see what it’s like in Iraq, he jokes.

In seriousness, Levens said in a phone interview that he was glad to volunteer to serve his country in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

“I deeply love America and everything it represents,” said Levens, whose home, wife and dogs are in Rineyville, though he’s deployed to Camp Victory in Iraq.

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