After three days of endless lines, little rest and second thoughts at processing, Fisher arrives June 22, 2007, at basic training and is introduced to his place in the military. "We see who's going to quit in that first hour," says drill sergeant John Eldridge.
"This scared me more than anything ever has," Fisher said of the jolting arrival at Fort Benning. He'd joined the Army to make a different life. Now that life was upon him. "I just keep telling myself to be happy," Fisher said. "I'm already feeling like a different person."