Training
While Brooks obviously wanted to stay with his wife throughout the full pregnancy, duty called. His country needed him. Brooks was a member of the 2nd Battalion, the 114th Field Artillery Regiment. This meant that he would need to go to Fort Bliss in Texas for training. After this, he would depart to Kuwait for nine months. So the soon-to-be father started preparing for his deployment. This was very difficult for him because he wasn’t sure if he would be there for his daughter’s birth.