Green Beret Veteran Returns to Civilian Life as a UNC Student Athlete
Posted Apr 14, 2024
Throughout UNC-Chapel Hill’s club hockey season this year, a camo helmet with flashes of gold could be seen moving in and out of the goal. Under the mask is Joel Hughes, an Army veteran and junior at UNC. Hughes enlisted in the Army straight out of high school, following the 9/11 terrorist attack. Now – at 39 – he’s working toward his college degree.
(Chapelboro.com)
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