My name is Derek Soto. I was born on November 27, 1964,I started school in Trujillo Alto and at the age of 16 I went to the Military Academy of the Antilles. I was at a boarding school and lost my father at the age of four and my mother at the age of nine. I have not spent much time with my parents. My mother was the main teacher and my dad was in the medical field. I fought in the Gulf War in 1990-1991. The Gulf War aimed to free Kuwait from the autocratic rule of the late Saddam. I am in my second mission in Syria and spent 1 year and 7 months here in Syria's Homs. My first mission to Iraq was in 2009. My mission ended in 2011. When I retruen I lost my ex-wife for about 7 years. I have a son who is 12 years old and currently at the Royal Military Academy in UK