A stress of a Different kind --LAR Marine Cpl. Will Lewellyn explains what real stress is all about....via the dailytimes.com

Lewellyn made it back OK in Oct '04 from a second tour to the sand box. He is now in college studying mechanical engineering. The school paper featured him and two other mates, David Tham, a 2004 graduate of Heritage High and a member of the National Guard's 278th Army Cavalry Regiment and Jorge Zapata, a Marine Reservist w/three/four in Fallujah.

thedailytimes.com - Soldiers turned Pellissippi State students embrace academic stress: "As a member of the 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Cpl. Will Lewellyn was among the first American troops involved in the March 2003 invasion. Because the unit's job was reconnaissance, its members went ahead of most troops, deep into the country, near the Syrian border and into the town of Tikrit, to survey the situation.
Lewellyn's first stint lasted six months, and when the Marines came back to the United States, they were originally informed they would not have to return. But a second tour was ordered in 2004. This time the unit was gone for more than 10 months. The second trip was worse, according to Lewellyn, because ``there were more casualties, and the insurgency was more rooted.''"

Lewellyn is in the second semester of work toward a mechanical engineering degree. At 23, he is few years older than many students who enter college right after high school, and he sees a difference in himself and his younger classmates.

``Many of them don't know what they want to do, but I know where I want to go,'' he said. ``Being out of school for four years makes you think about that. I also found myself wanting to learn more. I'm thirstier for knowledge now. I find myself reading The New York Times, and I would like to read more books.''

Now that he is a college student, he will have plenty of opportunity to read, as well as take tests and write papers. And, yes, there will be demanding professors, pressure and deadlines.