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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nSomeone sent us their work on this Riley Williams fellow. He claims to have served in the Army infantry “during the war in Afghanistan” in this article from the Webster University Journal<\/a>;<\/p>\n Williams spent his life in the U.S. Army as an infantryman when the U.S. was at war with Afghanistan. Those in the infantry are considered to be the mainland combat force and backbone of the army, according to Go Army. Although Williams did not go into detail about his time spent in the service, he did explain his realization behind his artworks concept.<\/p>\n \u201cIf you apply the realistic idea of what [war] is, and what it\u2019s doing to the world or someone else, you don\u2019t want to apply it to play anymore,\u201d Williams said.<\/p>\n When it came to trauma, art was Williams\u2019 comfort space. He said he has turned to art his whole life. In fourth grade, Williams\u2019 family moved from California to North Carolina. The culture shock between the two communities sent him into solitude with a pen and paper. He began doodling as an escape. Williams didn\u2019t really fall in love with art until after he was out of the military. The escape he once sought out in art during his younger age became more necessary.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The reason that he probably didn’t want to talk about his time in the Army is because he only had 56 days of it. He spent almost that much time at MEPS waiting to start his military career.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Riley-Williams-FOIA-AA-300x293.jpg\")
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