{"id":50311,"date":"2023-05-12T17:12:03","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T17:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/05\/12\/food-delivery-driver-dashes-into-army-ranks-after-chance-encounter\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:18:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:18:03","slug":"food-delivery-driver-dashes-into-army-ranks-after-chance-encounter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2023\/05\/12\/food-delivery-driver-dashes-into-army-ranks-after-chance-encounter\/","title":{"rendered":"Food delivery driver dashes into Army ranks after chance encounter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A fortuitous encounter between a food delivery driver and an Army brigadier general set the driver onto a path that culminated with her May 11 graduation from basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pfc. Patricia Limbaga, an immigrant from the Philippines, was working for the food delivery company DoorDash when she crossed paths with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gomo.army.mil\/public\/Biography\/usa-11151\/richarda-harrison\" target=\"_blank\">Brig. Gen. Richard A. Harrison<\/a>, the deputy chief of staff at Army Training and Doctrine Command, after the officer put in an order for two Subway sandwiches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Limbaga wanted to join the armed forces, she told Harrison, but her struggles with learning English were preventing success on the military aptitude exam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis young lady was just about ready to give up her Army journey,\u201d Harrison told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abccolumbia.com\/2023\/05\/11\/doordash-encounter-with-army-general-inspires-hopeful-soldier\/\" target=\"_blank\">ABC Columbia<\/a>. \u201cAnd she came by my house to deliver DoorDash \u2026 and she got out of the car and walked towards me and said, \u2018Oh my God you\u2019re a sign from God.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Harrison introduced Limbaga to the Army\u2019s Future Soldier Prep Course, which helps candidates raise their performance physically or academically so they can enlist.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2023\/01\/09\/army-expands-prep-course-for-low-scoring-applicants-after-pilot\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_9688.JPG.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Army expands \u2018prep course\u2019 for low-scoring applicants after pilot<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The service is expanding its effort to help more applicants meet enlistment standards.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat afternoon, he was a clear sign \u2026 the sign,\u201d Limbaga said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.army.mil\/article\/266672\" target=\"_blank\">an Army release<\/a>. \u201cIt was a star sign.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Limbaga arrived at Fort Jackson three weeks before her fellow recruits to participate in the prep course and the hard work paid off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Harrison, who previously served as the commandant of the Army\u2019s Air Defense Artillery School, traveled from Fort Eustis, Virginia, to see Limbaga graduate alongside soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 13th Infantry Regiment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe guided me not as a [s]oldier, but like his own daughter,\u201d Limbaga said of Harrison\u2019s support throughout her enlistment process. \u201cHe lifted me up and gave me hope.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Limbaga is now slated to head to Fort Gregg-Adams, Virginia, to train as a culinary specialist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pfc. 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