Editor’s note: This article by Steve Beynon originally appeared on Military.com, a leading source of news for the military and veteran community.

For Capt. Michael Villahermosa, the Army made him the man he is.

"I went from having no college education to being an officer," Villahermosa, a company commander at the service's bomb disposal school, told Military.com. "I have a wife, the kid, the two-car garage, picket fence. ... The Army gave me all of that."

Now, Villahermosa, an Afghanistan War veteran, wants to give back to the Army -- and he's using his online influence to do it.

Going by the moniker "EOD Happy Captain" on social media, he's been sharing tidbits for years about daily Army life, usually with a glass-half-full approach to service. He also has a podcast on which he has interviewed service members, journalists and other key stakeholders in the Army community.
 
"When all that's out there is the negative, you know, people start to believe that is the status quo, and that is the standard within an organization," he said. "But it's not the case."