Steve Sarvi: Difference between revisions

At the age of 17, Sarvi enlisted in the Army Reserves and served as an infantryman. When attending the [[University of Minnesota]], Steve enrolled in [[ROTC]] and switched from the Reserves to the [[Minnesota National Guard]]. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant and served as a platoon leader for a tank company based in [[Chisholm, Minnesota]]. In 1985, he graduated from the [[United States Army Airborne School|US Army Airborne School]] and in 1987, after graduating from the University of Minnesota with a bachelors degree in Political Science and minor in Humanities, he joined the Active Army with a Regular Army commission.

At the Armor Officers Basic Course at [[Fort Knox, Kentucky]], he graduated in the top 3 of the class. Then he served with the [[4th Infantry Division]] at [[Fort Carson, Colorado]] as a tank platoon leader, company executive officer, and Assistant Operations Officer for the 3rd Battalion 68th Armored Regiment. In 1992 he left the Army at the rank of Captain. Sarvi joined the [[Minnesota Army National Guard]] in 1999 as a Sergeant and was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 135th Infantry Regiment, stationed at [[West St. Paul, Minnesota|West St. Paul]]. Following [[9/11]] his unit was called upon to provide security at the [[Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport]]. Then, in 2003, he was deployed to [[Kosovo]] to provide security on the border between Kosovo and the [[Republic of Macedonia]].<ref name=about/>