Aransas Pass Progress
Aransas Pass Police Officer Terry Camack, II has already proven his alacrity and keen skills in crime detection since he joined the force about two years ago, formerly a Deputy with the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office in San Antonio. Camack has already logged several narcotics busts and hopes one day to join a DEA Task Force that operates in the region. He is also a U.S. Army veteran and trained with the elite 82nd Airborne, a division of paratroopers with a history dating to World War I. But Camack is also lucky to be alive and walking after a near death experience during a training exercise when his chute didn’t open early enough, causing him to make a hard landing, seriously injuring his back. Under the Veterans Administration guidelines, he is disabled as a result. His toughness, a spirit he developed thanks to his U.S. Navy father, keeps him going.
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Terry Camack, his father (left), pictured in 1982, eventually retired from the U.S. Navy as a Senior Chief Petty Officer. Officer Camack (right) as he appeared in 2012 when he joined the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division. He credits his father’s continual influence for encouraging him to join the military to better himself and kept pushing him at every step along the way to achieve greater things. It’s paid off in many ways, including a recent announcement from Southern New Hampshire University that Officer Camack, studying Criminal Justice, has been named to the prestigious Winter 2023 President’s List for his academic superiority. His GPA is 4.0. When Camack graduates in 2025, he will be the first in his family to earn a baccalaureate degree.
Camack (pictured at bottom) trains with the 82nd Airborne at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. Based on the unit’s mission, they specialize in parachute assault operations in enemy territory, prepared to respond to any crisis across the globe within 18-hours.
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Three generations of Camacks include grandfather, Robert (left), then Senior CPO Terry Camack (right), and Terry Camack II (center) as a young boy in 1994.
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