My name is Danielle Spratt; I am 23 years old and from the small town of Bryan, Ohio - about 45 miles north east of Ft. Wayne. I grew up in a family of 5 as the middle child, the only girl, and best of all ... Daddy’s girl! I have an older brother, Chris- 25 years old, and a younger brother, Kevin- 22 years old. Both of my brothers are active members in the military. My brother Chris is in the United States Air Force and stationed at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. My brother Kevin, is in the United States Coast Guard and stationed in the Virgin Islands. My parents are 2 of the most important people in my life; they also just recently celebrated their 26th wedding anniversary. 
I graduated from Bryan High School in 2001, and from there I joined the United States Air Force out of rebellion! I was trained as a dental assistant, and received my fist assignment in March of 2002, to Aviano Air Base, Italy. I lived in a small town in northern Italy, about an hour south of Venice for a little over two years. I met one of my best friends over there and we had a wonderful time traveling to different countries. During the 2 short years that I lived there I fell in love with every aspect of Italy, and traveling as a whole! I have been to Germany, Austria, Croatia, Switzerland, Slovenia, Sicily, San Marino, England, France, Spain, Africa- Tunis and Egypt, and all up and down the coast of Italy. I absolutely love traveling, and one day hope to travel as much of the world as possible!
In May of 2004 I was reassigned to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in North Carolina, and remained there until September 2005. During my year there I focused a lot of my time on school and taking all of my prerequisite classes. In the summer of 2005 I decided that I was ready to move on with my life by completing my undergraduate studies, so I applied for an early separation program. My paperwork was approved by early August and I officially separated from the military on 15 September 2005. My parents were a big factor in helping me make the right decision with my life, so until about a month ago I was living with them. However, after one whole year, the hour commute to and from school each
day started to take its toll on me - so last month my friend Tiff and I moved in together and are enjoying our new apartment in Ft. Wayne! :)
My parents have recently sold our childhood home in Bryan, Ohio and moved to our lake cottage at Hamilton Lake in Indiana. It was a very emotional transition, but I look forward to watching the new construction!
As far as college, I am a junior at IPFW and a Biology/Pre-Dental major. I fell in love with the dental career field while I was in the military, and decided that’s what I want to do for the rest of my life!
I am a huge fan of the outdoors! I love running, gymnastics, all water sports, and just about any other sport that is played outside, except golf, I suck at golf!
Some of my other hobbies include scrapbooking an
djewelry making. I also have a 1 year old chocolate lab puppy that takes up a lot of my time! :) Her name is Bella, (which means beautiful in Italian), and she is my spoiled little baby …. I am absolutely obsessed with her! When I’m not at school, Bella and I are usually out playing fetch, running, or watching Disney & Pixar movies in bed!!! :)
8 comments:
Oh this was so much fun Danielle - you are a natural at this!! Bet you loved living in Italy; when I was in the Army my wife and I lived in small town in Germany; know Ramstein well - say hi to your brother for me. All kinds of paper topics here; the UN as a peacekeepng force, travel, future of the Air Force, and of course your majors
Danielle - you did a SUPER job on this page. Then again, that does not surprise me since you are oh so creative.
Hi Danielle! I like your blog. Your puppy is so adorable :) It is cool that you've traveled so much and have experienced so many different places. Some aspect of travel might be an interesting research topic...
Hello Spratt--I am Spratt too--well Susan Pratt. It looks like you have enjoyed many experiences while being so young. Good for you.
OK--who is that other spratt? I did not write that post on Jan.15? This is freaking me out--Susan Pratt
It seems like you've really gone out and seen the world as such a young age. I have alot of friends in the military as well. A recruiter came in and made the National Guard sound so appealing...work 2 weeks out of the year or something like that...so they (about 40 people out of my graduating class of 600) joined. And that was before we invaded Iraq. But the Virgin Islands for your brother. That must be fun.
Dani- You did an awesome job with your page! So you say you got an apartment with your friend Tiff. Thats weird my name is Tiff too :)Anyhow, I love your page and your pictures, but I would expect no less from you! P.S. You picked really good pictures of Bella!
Gymnastics! I love gymnastics! Also, I love to run too! Well, that is when I get the time to. Right now I am coaching gymnastics and was also asked to help coach track this spring, but haven't decided yet.
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