24 Februar y 2022
A tale of romance and resilience
BY KIM HAST Y | PHOTOGRAPHY BY CINDY BURNHAM
FEATURE
T
he love story between Army Staff Sgt. Evelyn Acevez and former Army toxic
material handler Josh Jenkins has not been for the faint of heart.
For one thing, it all started when they became taken with each other while
she was spraying him down at the Army's Pueblo Chemical Depot in Colorado
in 2018. He was among those trained to ensure the depot provides safe, secure
storage of the chemical weapons stockpile that will eventually be systematically destroyed.
"She was just really sweet and also really pretty," Jenkins said. "She was also smart, outgoing
and passionate about everything."
e couple has since been through three car accidents; two cases of COVID; one move
from El Paso, Texas, to Louisiana during Hurricane Ida and another move from Louisiana to
Fort Bragg; a nearly ruptured appendix for Jenkins and most recently, the birth of sweet baby
Lilliana. When they celebrate their first wedding anniversary on Feb. 25, it will be aer Acevez
returns from a month-long training assignment out of state.
It all started when
Evelyn Acevez and Josh
Jenkins became taken
with each other while
she was spraying him
down at the Army's
Pueblo Chemical Depot
in Colorado in 2018.
Army Staff Sgt. Evelyn
Aceves and former Army
toxic material handler
Josh Jenkins were married
Feb. 25, 2021, then held a
celebratory reception in July.
