The Troubled Journey of Major Hasan

Choosing Medicine and the Army
In 1995 Hasan graduated with honors from Virginia Tech, above, with a degree in biochemistry. He quickly enlisted in the Army and was commissioned an officer two years later. He would receive his training as a doctor at the tuition-free Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md., from which he graduated in 2003.

• Inside the Apartment of Nidal Malik Hasan