{"id":104400,"date":"2019-11-08T11:29:41","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T16:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104400///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104400//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104400//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104400//?p=104400"},"modified":"2024-04-16T16:52:38","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T20:52:38","slug":"turning-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104400///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104400//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104400//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104400//turning-point/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104400//","title":{"rendered":"Turning Point"},"content":{"rendered":"

It/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104400/u2019s a little early for lunch at The Tides, a buffet-style restaurant across State Road A1A from Patrick Air Force Base south of Cocoa Beach, Florida, where Staff Sgt. Kevin Greene /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104400/u201917 works as a unit deployment manager for the 920th Rescue Wing. He/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104400/u2019s just here to meet someone. But the buffet table catches his eye./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104400/n

/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104400/u201cActually, I/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104400/u2019ve never had lunch here,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104400/u201d Greene says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104400/u201cLet/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104400/u2019s see what they have./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104400/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104400/n

He picks up a plate and starts piling it on. Chicken. Fried catfish. Corn on the cob./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104400/n

/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104400/u201cI usually eat on base,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104400/u201d he says before adding: /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104400/u201cI might need to come over here more often./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104400/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104400/n

You can/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104400/u2019t help but notice how fit Greene is whether he/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104400/u2019s sitting or walking, never mind the subtle limp in his stride. It/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104400/u2019s no surprise when he says he/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104400/u2019ll work out this evening at the community center near his home in Palm Bay. Maybe he/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104400/u2019ll ride a stationary bike or lift weights./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104400/n

/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104400/u201cI/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104400/u2019ll decide later,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104400/u201d he says./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104400/n

It didn/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104400/u2019t used to be this way with food, sports or his life./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104400/n

/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104400/u201cI played basketball,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104400/u201d Greene says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104400/u201cThat/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104400/u2019s it. Basketball. Sometimes I look back and think, /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104400/u2018Why was I so closed-minded?/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104400/u2019/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104400/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104400/n