Reality of Life (ePub)

Troy Lynn Palmer is the name I was born with on March 22, 1967, at 0201 hours in Charity Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana, to my parents March E. Palmer and Mortie A. Forman. In my life I have accomplished many great things and seen a lot, but no matter the obstacles or the adversity I faced in life, I made it. My parents produced twelve children, together and apart.


I graduated in 1986 from Walter L. Cohen Senior High School, where I played tight end and defensive end for the Green Hornets football team. I worked numerous jobs for two years, including garbage man, landscaper, and Popeye’s Fried Chicken employee. It was rough, but I did what I had to do to become a man in New Orleans.


I enlisted in the military on June 16, 1986, at the age of nineteen. On March 5, 1987, fifteen days prior to my twentieth birthday, I headed off to the Great Lakes to begin boot camp. I graduated and finished ATD School, and four months later, I was off to Little Creek Amphibious Base in Norfolk, Virginia. My first ship was the USS Sumpter LST 1181. I finished my great career on board the USS George H. W. Bush CVN 77, where I retired. I served twenty-six outstanding years with no major infractions.
I am married to my beautiful wife Me’Linda R. (Mills) Palmer. I have two children with my first wife, Marcus Troy Palmer and Empris Ramona Palmer, and one stepdaughter, Jakia Mon’e Teasley.


During my navy career, I received many accolades and accomplished tremendously. The one thing I am most proud of is the fact that I lived and am living a free and clean life. To me it is my duty, my mission, my honor, and, of course, my calling to live a good life. Growing up in the world, that is not easy. As we all face adversity, day in and day out, we have to remain free from all the negative qualities in life.


I believe that all good given comes back to the one who gave to others. I am a giver in life, at least with my knowledge and strength. It is about

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