Veteran of The Week - Anastasia Hveem

CONROE, TX -- This week’s Veteran is Anastasia Hveem, who served in the U.S. Army from 2019-2022. Anastasia is MCN’s first Russian-born Veteran from Cheboksary, which is eight hours drive time to the east from Moscow. Hveem, actually a Norwegian name, was born just prior to the Fall of the Soviet Union during Christmas 1991. She legally immigrated to the United States, and felt compelled to serve Our Fair Land’s military. Anastasia was an Intelligence Analyst receiving training at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Hveem also earned her Jump Wings, or Parachutist Badge; which meant that she is not afraid to jump out of an airplane, except the first time she jumped in training, Hveem reported that she was scared to open her eyes, and she screamed when her parachute opened up. Her instructors screamed back, “Shut up.” Now she loves it, and looks forward to jumping again. Her airborne school consisted of five jumps. Anastasia was stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington State, where she had four more jumps. In Russia, Anastasia went to school to be a choreographer, which is the art of developing dance sequences for stage dance, ballet, or figure skating. Hveem was a dancer and choreographer for 8 years at a Russian theater, before moving to America. She wanted to get back into theater, and found the Players Theatre Company headquarters at The Owen Theatre in Conroe, where she is in the dance ensemble for the current musical ‘White Christmas,’ which runs through December 22nd. Good Luck Anastasia, and Congratulations on being ‘Veteran of the Week’.