THE AMERICAN VOICE

The Hotwash with CJ

Carter Davis Carter was born in Portland Oregon in 1988. He was raised in Beaverton and graduated from Forest Grove High school in 2007. Wanting to serve his country, Carter joined the Navy to be a Corpsman during his senior year of High school and left for boot camp in August 2007 following graduation. Following boot camp he attended Naval Hospital Corps School at Great Lakes, followed by Field Medical Training Battalion and Combat Trauma Management before being assigned to 1st battalion 1st Marines under 1st Marine Division at Camp Pendleton, CA. Carter was then assigned to Bravo Company 1/1 Weapons Platoon where he first met co-founder Wade Luethi who was an 0341 mortar man. Carter and Wade both deployed in January 2009 on the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit where they conducted security, training, joint-military operations, and counter-piracy until summer 2009. Carter medically retired in July 2013 and moved to Los Angeles, CA where he spent approximately 1 year before returning home to Oregon. Carter began Lift For The 22 after battling his own identity issues after separating from the military and dealing with depression. Carter’s vision is to bring the joy of a fitness centered support network to the veteran community in order to lower the prevalence of Veteran suicides. COREY VON GINKLE Former Combat Medic 82 Airborne Division