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Article: Adventures in radiography: growing up on a farm near the small town of Ringgold, Ga., Sgt. First Class Jeffery Vaughn, M.S., R.T.(R), never imagined he'd be sidestepping land mines in Cambodia or taking x-rays in Belgium.(profile)(Interview)
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- October 1, 2007
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"It's certainly a world away," laughed SFC Vaughn, who now lives in the Washington, D.C., area with his wife Jennifer and daughters Gracie, age 6, and Abby, age 4.
SFC Vaughn's journey into the radiography profession wasn't planned. He pursued marketing in college, receiving a bachelor's degree from Jacksonville State University in Alabama in 1988 and a master's degree in human resources management from Troy University, also in Alabama, a few years later.
During his undergraduate years, SFC Vaughn joined the Army Reserves to help pay his tuition. He enjoyed the Army life so much that he enlisted for active duty in 1990. ...