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Home U.S. Army Spc. April Harvey, a metal worker with Company B, 426th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), prepares to weld hinges onto a series of gates on Forward Operating Base Fenty, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, Jan. 16, 2013. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. 1st Class John D. Brown, CT 1-101 Public Affairs) U.S. Army Spc. April Harvey, a metal worker with Company B, 426th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), prepares to weld hinges onto a series of gates on Forward Operating Base Fenty, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, Jan. 16, 2013. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. 1st Class John D. Brown, CT 1-101 Public Affairs)

U.S. Army Spc. April Harvey, a metal worker with Company B, 426th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), prepares to weld hinges onto a series of gates on Forward Operating Base Fenty, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, Jan. 16, 2013. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. 1st Class John D. Brown, CT 1-101 Public Affairs)

U.S. Army Spc. April Harvey, a metal worker with Company B, 426th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), prepares to weld hinges onto a series of gates on Forward Operating Base Fenty, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, Jan. 16, 2013. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. 1st Class John D. Brown, CT 1-101 Public Affairs)

U.S. Army Spc. April Harvey, a metal worker with Company B, 426th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), prepares to weld hinges onto a series of gates on Forward Operating Base Fenty, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, Jan. 16, 2013. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. 1st Class John D. Brown, CT 1-101 Public Affairs)

When U.S. Army Spc. April Harvey walked into the recruiting office near her hometown of Gallup, NM, after graduating high school, she knew she wanted to take control of her life, and she wanted to do it her way. As with any soldier that enlists into the Army, Harvey was offered several different jobs, or military occupational specialties.