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Putnam City North's Dustin Decker is ready to fight for his country.

I’m sure many of you remember our story about Dustin Decker – the Putnam City North lineman who had already enlisted in the Army National Guard — last fall.

Had everything gone as planned, he would have already shipped out for Army basic training, but the wear and tear on his knee from football and wrestling left him with a large tear of the meniscus, which required surgery in January. He has been fully released from his recovery, and will ship out in August, unless he can get an early ship date. Because of the injury, he was unable to report to basic with his friend and teammate Miles Holladay — the two enlisted together — who has already left for Fort Leonard Wood.