“Because of PGA HOPE, life is good when it wasn’t not that long ago.” PGA HOPE has been helping veterans find purpose for several years and there are thousands of stories about the positive effects this worthwhile program has generated for our military heroes. Jayme Turner is a retired Army Combat Medic that has his own significant story to tell. family moved to a small Alaskan Eskimo village. His parents divorced when he was nine and his mother, who was in the Army National Guard, raised five children on her own. Her military involvement means that the family moved around a lot, but finally landed in Utah where he lived through his teenage years. After high school, he got married and joined the Navy. He and his pregnant wife moved to Bremerton, Washington, where he was stationed aboard the USS Carl Vinson as an Aviation Ordnanceman, building bombs for jets. “I had a young marriage, the deployment was really difficult on it and we didn’t end up staying together. We just didn’t know how to be in a mature relationship where you’re developed emotionally and know all the things you need to know. It’s tough.” PGA HOPE Improves Veteran’s Lives From PGA.com “If me being straight up and brutally honest telling the world what I’ve been through, if it helps people understand that they’re not in uncommon situations. If I can go through that and still have hope in my life, it can work for other people. It’s important for people to know the truth.” Turner is a PGA HOPE Ambassador from the Utah PGA Section. He was born in Durham, North Carolina, but his Michigan Golf Journal
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