Leaders visit Soldiers at Fort Hood

Posted in: September 2010
By Staff Sgt. Dan Grobelny
Sep 30, 2010 - 8:15:23 AM

Senior leaders from the Delaware Army National Guard, visited Soldiers from Delaware at Fort Hood, Texas on September 27th for a departure ceremony.

The departing Soldiers are Col. Ruth Irwin, Maj. Vincent Orlando, Capt. Kelly Carey, 1st Lt. Trib Sing, Command Sgt. Maj. Dennis Lindgren, Sgt. 1st Class John Beers and are part of the 184th Expeditionary Sustainment Command (ESC). They are augmenting the Mississippi Army National Guard and will deploy to Afghanistan in early October.

Delaware's Adjutant General, Maj. Gen. Frank Vavala called his National Guardsmen the new minutemen. "You have been called to do extraordinary work. You have been part-time warriors, but you are full-time patriots who understand what it takes to complete the mission."

After the ceremony, the Delaware leadership team spent some time with the ESC team and bid them a fond farewell. The deploying Delawareans should return home in the summer of 2011.