The Good Life – May-June 2018

BLEEDING
Red, White and Blue
Selfless Service is the Motto for Clay County Detective
WRITTEN BY: ALEXANDRA FLOERSCH
PHOTOS BY: URBAN TOAD MEDIA
Jason Hicks’ life motto is pretty simple: "If you take
care of your people, they will take care of you.”
While his oldest brother is a prison guard, his sister
runs a nursing program and his other brother is a
fireman, the Clay County investigations and narcotics
detective can’t pinpoint what drove him and his siblings
into careers of service. After all, neither of their parents
had.
But that’s not the case when it comes to military
service, where there’s a very visible link.
“Pretty much every male on my dad's side of the family
– and my wife's side, for that matter – have all served.
The only one who didn't was my brother, the fireman,
because he had asthma," Hicks said.
In fact, the Glyndon native himself joined the Army
immediately after high school at just 19 years old.
And, as life would have it, that undeniable pride for his
country would rub off on his three children in the years
to come.
His son, Hunter, 22, recently completed his Army
contract while his 18-year-old daughter, Macie, just
finished her advanced training for the Army National
Guard combat medic school at Fort Sam Houston in
San Antonio, Texas.
"My daughter Macaila (Macie’s twin) would have signed
up in a heartbeat, but she has some health problems,”
he explained. “It really hurt her but she can serve in
other ways.”
ARMY EXPERIENCE PAVED THE WAY
In the Army, rules, structure and loyalty define your life.
"The one thing the military really nails into people is
selfless service, guaranteeing you're not always going
to like what you're doing, but you're going to do it
anyway because the mission comes before yourself,”
If you take care of your people,
they will take care of you.
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