Army Staff Sgt. Dennis Calvert shut his eyes and recalled a five-day family vacation to Maui in July.
In his mind, Calvert sees himself snorkeling with his wife, Florence, and two children — Steven, 11, and Rosella, 7 — in the pristine waters near Molokini Island.
"The water was so blue and the sun's beams shining through it look like prisms," said Calvert, a native of Cambridge, Ohio. It was, he said, "my best memory."
It's a memory that he will recall often during the next 12 months in Mosul, Iraq.
Calvert is among 250 soldiers from the 17th Corps Support Battalion — part of the 45th Corps Support Group — who will go to Mosul early next week to support the 25th Infantry Division (Light) 1st Brigade Combat Team from Fort Lewis, Wash.
A deployment ceremony for the departing soldiers was held yesterday at Hamilton Field at Schofield Barracks.
250 support troops Iraq-bound
[Link to Full Article]By Rod Ohira, Advertiser Central O'ahu Writer
Army Staff Sgt. Dennis Calvert shut his eyes and recalled a five-day family vacation to Maui in July.
In his mind, Calvert sees himself snorkeling with his wife, Florence, and two children — Steven, 11, and Rosella, 7 — in the pristine waters near Molokini Island.
"The water was so blue and the sun's beams shining through it look like prisms," said Calvert, a native of Cambridge, Ohio. It was, he said, "my best memory."
