War on terror has taken toll on Alabama National Guard
MONTGOMERY | Any time soldiers in Capt. Stephanie Brown’s company need to remember why they are in harm’s way in Iraq, they look at their windshields. “We all have stickers on the windshields of our vehicles here, it is a flag with 'Sep 11’ written on it and a saying that says, 'We will never forget,’ " said Brown, of Tuscaloosa, via e-mail from Iraq last week.
In e-mails and in a telephone interview from Baghdad, Brown, a member of the Alabama National Guard, reflected on how the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States have affected her life and the Guard.
Five years after the attacks, which precipitated what President Bush has called a global war on terror, the Alabama National Guard has seen its biggest deployment and mobilization since World War II.
“Every National Guard member in Alabama has responded to 9/11 in one form or another," said Alabama National Guard spokesman Lt. Col. Bob Horton.
That includes being called up for at least one tour of duty statewide or overseas, for combat or support.
Read the rest at the Tuscaloosa News
In e-mails and in a telephone interview from Baghdad, Brown, a member of the Alabama National Guard, reflected on how the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States have affected her life and the Guard.
Five years after the attacks, which precipitated what President Bush has called a global war on terror, the Alabama National Guard has seen its biggest deployment and mobilization since World War II.
“Every National Guard member in Alabama has responded to 9/11 in one form or another," said Alabama National Guard spokesman Lt. Col. Bob Horton.
That includes being called up for at least one tour of duty statewide or overseas, for combat or support.
Read the rest at the Tuscaloosa News
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