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Minnesota to Iraq Stories

Almanac is working on a special project this year in which Minnesota National Guard members tell their own video stories of their deployment... while their families back home do the same.

Through a series of segments on Almanac we will follow these people over the next twelve months and post their stories here.


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Listening to live music provides soldiers with a sense of home.  Staff Sgt Josh Christianson and his commanding officer Trygve Skaar share their experiences bringing rock music to Iraq.

 

A deployment is an opportunity for growth.  Sergeant Major Olson discusses the growth he sees in SPC Kerri Xiong and how her experiences have changed her.

   
     
         
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Staff Sgt Josh Christianson takes a moment to reflect on his service   Capt. Jennifer Beck-Brown illustrates life as a JAG with the Red Bulls.    Suzie Mayo talks about this Holiday season being spent with her husband, David, in Basra, Iraq.
   
         
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Chaplain’s Assistant Sergeant Jonathan Groeneweg discusses his biggest accomplishments during the year-long deployment.   Three soldiers give producer Luke Heikkila of tour of their home away from home.   Learn how the first half of the deployment has gone for Major David Mayo and his family back home.
   
         
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Specialist Kerri Xiong tells us in her own words -- using a video diary -- what it is like to serve in Iraq.   Meet a pastor and his son who is serving in the 34th Infantry.   Chaplain John Morris talks to Mary Lahammer via satellite from Iraq about a tough week after a missile attack resulting in the loss of three lives in Basra.
   
         
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The soldiers have been training in Ft. Lewis, WA.  Learn how they’ve handled the first two months of the deployment.
 
Meet the soldiers and their families as they prepare for a year-long deployment to Iraq.
   
     




Twin Cities Public Televison would like to thank the following underwriters:
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Thanks to the following "Friends of the Minnesota National Guard":
American Legion Post 435
Patricia Swanson
The Whitney Foundation
Minnesota Chapter Military Officers Association of America
Col. Kenneth Wofford