I met Michael love my first year in highschool without knowing he served a 4 year term in the United States Army. Michael Love graduated from Holt High School in 1987 and is now a Computer Technician and has been working at the school for around 14 years since 2005 and joined the tech departed in 2006.

    Love served from 1987 through 1991. During his service he worked as a  Computer Mainframe Operator. Computer Mainframe Operators are responsible for putting large military grade PC’s to work and solve whatever problems, or perform whatever tasks, which require such massive hardware to accomplish.

    Operation Desert Storm was launched on January of 1991 to support Operation Desert shield which would strength the US soldiers along the Persian Gulf. The computer division Love worked in handled all inbound and outbound communication traffic for parts of Asia.

    Love was inspired to serve from his brother and his father. His father retired as a Lieutenant Colonel and has been through two tours in the Vietnam War. His brother is still currently serving as the same rank as their father and served in Iraq. Michael Love is a hero to our country and is an inspiration students everywhere, especially in our school.

    Thank you Love for watching over us during the tough times and doing your part to keep our country safe from threats. Your service has done the United States well and I am happy to live in a country where the greatest heroes are birthed from the discipline of our military to shape us into the strong nation we love and respect today.

    You can view the History of Our Heroes blog to follow up with our veterans stories from all across the district.