Delaware National
Guard166 Airlift Wing deploys more airman to Southwest Asia
(This imaging by 166 Airlift Wing, Visual Information Services,
cleared for Public Exhibition by Major Len Gratteri, Headquarters Delaware National Guard Public Affairs Officer.)
The 166th Airlift
Wing deployed a majority of the Delaware Air National
Guard's aircraft recently to an undisclosed location in Southwest
Asia. Saturday evening, March 22, and Sunday evening, March 23, we will
deploy approximately 100 more airmen in a ceremony at 7:30
p.m.
Below is a photo gallery by Senior
Master Sgt. Gerald Dougherty. (Click on the thumbnail
for a larger sized
image)
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Then and now
by
Susan J. Spears
Two months wed and he's off to war,
Surviving in the jungle,
fighting for the corps.
"No!" I creid. "Not again! Nevermore!"
When he returned to America's shore,
Did he return to a grateful
nation?
No, there was hostility and condemnation.
Still, after his
spirit began to heal,
He was filled again with patriotic zeal.
So
he joined the Guard in order to fly
as a loadmaster to protect our
sky.
Now once again, he awaits the call
that may require him to
giee his all.
This time, though, my heart aches times two.
My son
has become a loadmaster too!
Yet I am filled with pride in them and
hope
that God and country will help me cope.
NOTE: Susan Spears is married to Senior Master Sgt. Michael Spears of our Delaware Air Guard and recently said goodbye their son, Staff Sgt. Andrew Spears, also a member of the Delaware Air Guard, as he deployed to an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia.