Rob Streeter is 44 years old and lives in Tecumseh Michigan. He is married to his wife Dawn of 17 years. He has three children Bailey 20, Shelby 15, and Kevin 12. Rob served in the Army from Feb 1999 to Dec 2011.

Rob enlisted on February 12, 1999, and went to Basic Training at Fort Benning, GA. While at Benning, he also completed AIT and 11Hotel School. He learned how to shoot TOW missiles and after 9/11, was placed on airport security as many national guard were at that time. He had the opportunity to represent the National guard at the governor’s State of the State address and was able to work with the Secret Service for two weeks when the Vice President landed at the airport where he had been assigned. In 2004 Rob deployed to Sinai Egypt with Charlie Company 1/125INF, 46th BDE 38th IN DIV. While in Sinai his company was part of the 18th AIRBORNE CORP. His duties included working with 13 countries in a multi-national force whose job it was to act as observers. The objective was to keep the peace between Egypt and Israel.

Rob returned home from this deployment in August of 2004. Shortly after returning home, he was notified that the correctional facility in Baldwin, Michigan where he had worked was closing. The State of Michigan offered Rob a position at the Chelsea Bootcamp, which he accepted. It was at this time his wife divorced him citing she could not cope with military life and his working in another city. She had refused to move with him because her family was in Ludington.

In December 2005 Rob left the National Guard. He lived in the Saline area while working for the Department of Corrections. In late April of 2006 he received a call from an old friend who was now a company First Sergeant. He asked Rob if he would like to go to Baghdad with his old company Echo 1/125INF… Rob accepted. Knowing how the military system worked he figured he had until July before the Army would reach out to him. Instead, his military file was hand carried through SIPERS and in just 3 days he was contacted by a command Sergeant Major who he had never met. He left for Fort Dix June 1, 2006. This is where he trained and prepared for duty in Iraq. While at the MOB site he completed a 40-hour combat life saver course and he became an Expert Marksman with the M2, MK19, 240B, 249, and M4. He was also able to train on the M24 range in case his company snipers were not available while in combat. About two weeks prior to heading to Iraq he received a Red Cross call that his mother had passed away. He went home, but returned within a week to deploy with the troopers he had trained with. He felt this is what his mother would have expected of him.

While in Iraq his company fought in Sadr City, Baghdad, Zafarnia, and Solomon Pak. The fighting was intense, he said, “we engaged the enemy with everything we had. While on FOB they had 480 impacts from rockets and mortars in a year's time. Rob earned his Combat Infantry Badge after only being there for a month. In November of 2016, while on leave, Rob's friend Brad Shilling was killed by an EFP. After returning from leave, Rob's Platoon was sent on a clearing mission with Bravo Troop 3/61 CAV 2nd Inf Div. An IED struck the Humvee in front of him sending it 15 feet off the road and killing Bobby Mejia, Wilson Algrim, Chad Vollmer. His squad was hit with three more IEDs in the following months. He doesn't know how many firefights he was in… “too many to count.”

To this day, he doesn't like thunderstorms and the 4th of July. He said that he remembers certain days so clearly that it is like he is still there. Unfortunately, he has lost more buddies since he has been home than he did in Iraq. He recently lost his driver in Iraq, Steve Syarto; war just keeps on killing.

Rob returned home from Iraq in August 2007 and has had to fight his “demons,” as many Veterans do, and, like many, medicate against the pain with alcohol.

Rob eventually found out about Team RWB… an organization of Vets helping other Vets. Rob began spending time with his ‘brotherhood’ and this proved to be an outlet for his problems. After about 6 months of driving to Ann Arbor every Saturday, Lewis Major and Rob were able to open our chapter of Team RWB in Tecumseh. Rob has been a leader in this chapter since 2013. He has been able to get other Veterans out and doing things… running, walking, biking, golfing. Along the way, a few Veterans in the group, talked him into running a half marathon with them. He has since run 8 of them, a full marathon and an ultra-marathon. He accomplished this in spite being 90% disabled. Rob sustained injuries to his knees like all infantrymen do, has compressed discs in his back and suffers from PTSD. He reports now that running is too difficult and he is in pain much of the time. This has not dissuaded him from still going out to walk or play golf with other Veterans… his mission, to let other Veterans know that someone cares.

Rob is currently employed with Goodnight Midstream in North Dakota as an Operator working in the oil industry.