Army civilian, Tyson Miller, has completed six tours in the Middle East.
He's been to Kuwait twice, Iraq three times and he just got back from a tour in Afghanistan.
"I just want to be able to go back home, that's my vacation, that's my happy place," Miller said. He's a military instructor. Miller trains the troops on new weaponry.
"I learn how to use it, and fix it," said Miller. "Then I go wherever the war is, the fight is, I go and I teach them how to use it." If the equipment breaks, he fixes it.
"Gets blown up, shot. I'm with the soldiers," said Miller. "I'm out there fixing it right there with them."
"It can be pretty intense, there's times when I'm out there testing weapons and there's a rocket that just comes and hits on the side of the mountain right then and there."
He's been all over the Middle East -- typically when the situation is most dangerous. "Flying in helicopters and landing into some pretty intense areas, too. Been shot at a lot," he said.
"Do I talk about it much? No." But he is passionate about what he does --
"Being able to be over there and helping the soldiers and supporting them. They actually get to come back and tell me about it and that's always been something very, that I always hold dear to me because I've been there and done it, too."
Six tours in the Middle East, keeping his country safe, it's not something Tyson Miller will soon forget.
"I greatly appreciate all the "Thank-You's."
What's next for Miller? He hopes to get a job closer to home, at the Rock Island Arsenal.
