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Ryan Weaver isn’t your typical country music artist. While most artists are born into music, Ryan’s story is unique. He didn’t even grow up listening to Hank and Merle. Little did he know, however, that his life’s path was directing him toward a career on the country music stage.
Ryan Weaver Follows Family Tradition
Ryan has a family history of military service, which made his decision to join the Army an easy choice. There is where their paths forked, though. Ryan chose to enter military intelligence, whereas his brothers pursued careers in the 75th Ranger Regiment. As Ryan says, “They were both all-American, badass superheroes.”
While on ever-glorious recruiting duty as a staff sergeant, Ryan’s brother Aaron called and encouraged him to put in his warrant officer flight training packet. He became accepted on the first round of boards and went off to earn his wings. With the help of his brothers, Steve and Aaron, Ryan navigated his course of training and graduated at the top of his flight class. “Both of my brothers always wanted w
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Ryan’s personal story is like no other artist in country music today. Growing up with a family of 11 in a small town in Floral City, Florida, he joined the Army right after high school. After several years of working as a Military Intelligence Analyst, Ryan followed in the footsteps of his two older brothers, Steve and Aaron, by attending Warrant Officer Candidate School and flight school. He graduated top of his class in flight school, becoming a Black Hawk Aviator. In April 2003, he deployed to Baghdad International Airport in Iraq. Shortly after, one of his brothers, Aaron, was deployed just west of him in Fallujah.
On 1/8/2004, Aaron was killed in action when the Medivac helicopter he was a passenger in was shot down by enemy fire. Ryan certainly understood mortality and the risks of combat… After all, Aaron had survived the bloody 1993 battle in Mogadishu, Somalia – the same battle that became the basis for the movie, Black Hawk Down. When Aaron died, however, something changed for Ryan. He retur Ryan Weaver is a Lecturer at the Institute for Public Affairs and Civic Engagement and Interdisciplinary Studies at Salisbury University (Salisbury, MD). Ryan directs the PACE Presidential Citizen Scholars Program in coordination with the Office of the President at Salisbury University. Ryan works closely with the ShoreCorps/AmeriCorps Program and the Clarke Honors College at SU to promote civic service and nonprofit leadership regionally and nationally. Ryan grew up in the Red River Valley and relocated with his family to the Chesapeake Bay region where he has been a nonprofit leader and engaged citizen in his community for almost twenty years. Ryan holds a graduate degree in leadership from the University of Oklahoma. In addition to his teaching and civic work, Ryan is a storyteller, entrepreneur,
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