After returning stateside, Brandon attended schools in Austin and San Antonio, Texas; Colorado Springs, CO; and Yorktown, VA. Brandon's fun-loving, chiding personality won him life-long friends from close neighbors, school mates, athletic team members in league baseball and basketball, high school football, track, and wrestling. Brandon was a superb athlete and quickly moved up to the varsity level in track and in wrestling where he nearly bested the Virginia State Wrestling champion in his weight class. He developed an affinity for the military in high school ROTC and was considered for a scholarship.
After high school Brandon attended ECPI College in Yorktown for two years and majored in data management and web gaming. School failed to hold his attention and he enlisted in the Navy. While going through boot camp at Great Lakes Naval Station, IL, he found a home and family of friends in the Navy. Assigned to the Navy Destroyer DDG 55 Stout, he traveled to secret overseas locations and actively served in the US versus Iraq engagements. Brandon won Seaman of the Quarter twice for his actions and performance. Once back in port in Virginia, Brandon's nemesis of depression that began in high school roared back resulting in an early discharge from a promising career.
Brandon fought for the next two years to overcome practices he used to mask his depression, attending drug rehabilitation and counseling until he finally reached stability. He lived in Miami, FL during this time and again developed a large and closely knit family of friends who loved him dearly. A referral from one friend led him into working Loss Prevention for Nieman Marcus retail chain. Shocking his family, Brandon now worked with the police, many of whom became his friends, and no longer ran from them. He became very good at his job and earned a strong reputation. When Nieman Marcus declared bankruptcy after COVID shutdowns, Brandon moved to Fort Myers, FL initially as a manager for Target, but then later as a Loss Prevention team member with Saks Fifth Avenue. Unbeknownst to everyone, Brandon's secret battle began to rage again. This time he decided to end the fight giving his enemy no more opportunity to compel him towards former practices. Brandon will be missed by all who knew him as a tremendous son, brother, uncle, cousin, friend, and co-worker. His infectious smile and chiding personality that lifted so many of us from our own depression will live on and bring a smile to our faces when we remember his laughter, his fearlessness, and his warmth for those around him.
After returning stateside, Brandon attended schools in Austin and San Antonio, Texas; Colorado Springs, CO; and Yorktown, VA. Brandon's fun-loving, chiding personality won him life-long friends from close neighbors, school mates, athletic team members in league baseball and basketball, high school football, track, and wrestling. Brandon was a superb athlete and quickly moved up to the varsity level in track and in wrestling where he nearly bested the Virginia State Wrestling champion in his weight class. He developed an affinity for the military in high school ROTC and was considered for a scholarship.
After high school Brandon attended ECPI College in Yorktown for two years and majored in data management and web gaming. School failed to hold his attention and he enlisted in the Navy. While going through boot camp at Great Lakes Naval Station, IL, he found a home and family of friends in the Navy. Assigned to the Navy Destroyer DDG 55 Stout, he traveled to secret overseas locations and actively served in the US versus Iraq engagements. Brandon won Seaman of the Quarter twice for his actions and performance. Once back in port in Virginia, Brandon's nemesis of depression that began in high school roared back resulting in an early discharge from a promising career.
Brandon fought for the next two years to overcome practices he used to mask his depression, attending drug rehabilitation and counseling until he finally reached stability. He lived in Miami, FL during this time and again developed a large and closely knit family of friends who loved him dearly. A referral from one friend led him into working Loss Prevention for Nieman Marcus retail chain. Shocking his family, Brandon now worked with the police, many of whom became his friends, and no longer ran from them. He became very good at his job and earned a strong reputation. When Nieman Marcus declared bankruptcy after COVID shutdowns, Brandon moved to Fort Myers, FL initially as a manager for Target, but then later as a Loss Prevention team member with Saks Fifth Avenue. Unbeknownst to everyone, Brandon's secret battle began to rage again. This time he decided to end the fight giving his enemy no more opportunity to compel him towards former practices. Brandon will be missed by all who knew him as a tremendous son, brother, uncle, cousin, friend, and co-worker. His infectious smile and chiding personality that lifted so many of us from our own depression will live on and bring a smile to our faces when we remember his laughter, his fearlessness, and his warmth for those around him.
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