User:Carter - Wikipedia

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Staff Sergeant
in the United States Army.

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US States visited 43/50
current home birthplace	Alaska	Arizona	California	Colorado	Connecticut	Florida	Georgia	Hawaii	Idaho
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DC	West Virginia	Wisconsin	Wyoming	North Dakota	Delaware	Mississippi	Alabama	Stolen with pride from Travis)

Yet to visit 7/50

Montana

South Dakota

Arkansas

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Vermont

New Hampshire

Maine

International travels

Have gone:	US Germany Iraq Bulgaria Kuwait Djibouti Qatar CanadaJapanSouth KoreaBrazilChinaFranceEnglandGuatemalaSpainCosta RicaHong KongCuraçaoVenezuelaArgentinaColombiaAustraliaNew ZealandAfghanistanJordanScotland
To go some day:	Austria Chile
	Idea and layout taken from User:FCYTravis who commandeered it from User:Calton, who pilfered it from User:Salsb, who stole it from User:Guettarda who borrowed it from User:Coolcat

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General

This user is a Corporal
in the United States Army.

This user is in a same-sex marriage, domestic partnership or civil union.

This user has deployed to Iraq as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom

This user has deployed to Iraq as part of Operation Telic.

This user plays the
pipe organ.

This user plays the piano.

This user is a history buff.

This user enjoys overcast weather.

This user is an academic.

This user has absolute pitch.

This user reads The New York Times.

This user is a music composer.

This user is not a Wikipedia administrator but would like to be one someday.

Wikipedia related

This user has been on Wikipedia for 19 years, 7 months and 26 days.

4,837+

This user has made more than 4,837 contributions to Wikipedia.

This user has been awarded
1 Barnstar on Wikipedia.

This user is not a Wikipedia administrator but would like to be one someday.

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This user is an expert Wikipedia editor.

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CUV

This user is dedicated to
cleaning up vandalism.

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This user strives to maintain a policy of neutrality on controversial issues.

Awards

This user has been awarded the Iraq Campaign Medal.

This user has been awarded the Afghanistan Campaign Medal.

This user has been awarded the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal.

This user has been awarded the National Defense Service Medal.

This user has been awarded the GWOT Service Medal.

This user has been awarded the Armed Forces Reserve Medal.

This user has deployed to Iraq as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom

This user is an Eagle Scout.

This user is a member of Scouting America.

This Wikipedian was a member of the United States Air Force.

Interests

This user supports the Democratic Party.

This user recognizes the right of Iraqis to resist occupation.

This user enjoys chess.

PC	This user is pro-choice.

This user is a member of the Order of the Arrow.

This user enjoys playing blackjack.

This user enjoys hip-hop and R&B music.

This user is addicted to travel.

This user is an expert in
music theory.

This user prefers black-and-white photography.

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its

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This user worships with John Rutter music

“...”!
~~US vs. UK~~

This user uses logical quotation marks. Internal punctuation leads to factual errors. It's not a style issue!

This user believes that mankind cannot progress unless
Country Music is eliminated.^†

This user enjoys Classical music.

This user loves Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

This user is interested in religion.

This user is interested in military aircraft and their history.

This user is interested in ancient Rome.

This user is interested in the military history of ancient Rome.

This user is interested in architecture.

Barnstars & Rewards

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		I'm awarding you this RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar for your great contributions to protecting and reverting attacks of vandalism on Wikipedia. Wikidudeman ^(talk) 23:52, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

Hi, Carter. Thanks for reverting vandalism to my user page. There were 36 edits to my user page in under 2 hours. I'm handing out cookies today - enjoy. --Jack Merridew 08:50, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Pages I have created or substantially contributed to

Created by me

Adam Driggs
Portal:Arizona
Driggs family
Junius Driggs
Called To Serve (album)
Salt Lake Tabernacle organ
Western Savings and Loan
Consider the Lilies
Peace Like a River (album)
Saginaw Bay Yacht Club
Phoenix Arizona Temple
Manaus Brazil Temple
Glen S. Hopkinson
Latter Day Saint Artists Category^[1]^{see Links}
Pearl River (Pianos)
Felix Hell
Phoenix Metropolitan Men's Chorus
Nmon Ford

Contributed to heavily

Projects I belong to

This user is a member of WikiProject Pipe organ, a WikiProject aiming to develop and expand Wikipedia's content relating to the pipe organ and its associated repertoire, organists, and other articles. Please feel free to join us.

This user is a member of WikiProject Wikify. There is currently a massive backlog of articles (19,084 articles) that need to be wikified, and we need your help! If you have a spare moment, please visit the project page and wikify an article, or tell your friends about the WikiProject.

This user participates in
WikiProject Pipe organ.

This user is a member of the Latter Day Saint movement WikiProject.

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WikiProject User Warnings.

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WikiProject LGBTQ+ studies.

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Pages to create

I'm working on it too

Utah Opera• Pioneer Park (Mesa, AZ)• German State Academy of Music• Howard R. Driggs•John D. Driggs(former Mayor of Phoenix)• America's Choir • Choose Something Like a Star • Love is Spoken Here • Then Sings My Soul • Now Let Us Rejoice: Organ Hymns for the Sabbath • Showtime! Music of Broadway and Hollywood • Spirit of the Season (Nominated for two Grammy awards) • Mack Wilberg: Requiem and Other Choral Works

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Portal:Arizona (edit \| [[Talk:Portal:Arizona\|talk]] \| history \| protect \| delete \| links \| watch \| logs \| views) Pearl River (Pianos) (edit \| talk \| history \| protect \| delete \| links \| watch \| logs \| views) Greer, AZ (edit \| talk \| history \| protect \| delete \| links \| watch \| logs \| views) Felix Hell (edit \| talk \| history \| protect \| delete \| links \| watch \| logs \| views)

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