Hero Spotlight: Sgt Elizabeth Joyce Adams
Firefighter/EMT, Marine, and Future Nurse
Please meet Sgt. Elizabeth Joyce Adams
Elizabeth is a Marine Corps veteran who has been married to her husband Tim for the past 11 years. Tim is an active-duty Marine stationed in Marine Corps Base Quantico. They have 3 boys, Ryan (10), Tyler (7), and Dylan (2).
Elizabeth is originally from Orange County, California. She wanted to join the Marine Corps immediately after high school, however, her parents suggested she go to college first. She went to college and earned a firefighting degree and became a firefighter and EMT in Mississippi for 3 years.
Then she was ready to follow her dreams of joining the Marine Corps. She wanted to pursue the crash fire rescue job, however, the Marine Corps had other plans and she was assigned the aviation ordnance military occupational specialty.
She was stationed in Miramar, California where she met her husband during a unit deployment to Japan. Towards the end of her four-year enlistment, she was expecting her first child and her husband received orders to Okinawa, Japan.
There they were able to take family adventures to Australia, Mainland Japan, and Taiwan. Elizabeth's favorite part of living overseas is experiencing the family-friendly culture.
Elizabeth and her family now live in Embrey Mill. Her favorite thing to do is visit the different parks around the neighborhood. There is a park to accommodate all the little ones. There is a park full of swings, a park to ride your bike, and even a park where you can build things with foam blocks. Conveniently the pool is right down the street to cool off on those warm summer days. In addition, she is also a youth soccer coach for Stafford Soccer.
Sgt Elizabeth Adams will be starting nursing school this summer. Once her husband retires, she plans on working in a hospital’s emergency room department.