#VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Lyle Allen

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Lyle Allen. Lyle served in the Army from 1997 to 2010.

Lyle enlisted in the Army in 1997. He served in Kuwait and Operation Iraqi Freedom as being a combat engineer and served with the 479^th, 1^st, 2^nd, and 82^nd Battalion.

Lyle retired from the Army after being wounded in Iraq. He then spent five years as a certified peer support specialist at the Bradenton, Florida Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic. Lyle is currently at the Knoxville, Tennessee Vet Center where he provides readjustment counseling outreach and educational services to Veterans in the area. He works with military units and Veteran organizations to increase awareness and access to Veteran services.

He is currently obtaining a degree at Florida International University to become a recreational therapist.

Thank you for your service, Lyle!

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Graphic by Anthony Kolodziej: Anthony is an undergraduate senior at the University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point studying International Studies and Political Science.