“I went to Brooklyn recruiter and asked him about the program the next day,” Campbell said. “He asked me to think twice as I had a great job and had no clue about whatever information he gave. I had never worked out in my life, but I knew I was strong as I used to copy my brother doing pull-ups in Pakistan.”

A few months later, she headed off to basic training and a new phase of her life. As an enlisted soldier, she found herself stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. That’s where she met Chad Campbell, the man who would become her husband and father of her twin boys.

“My husband, who is a first sergeant right now, has been the most incredible mentor, and he was the one who pushed me to go to Airborne school, which was another best decisions of my life,” she said.