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Returning reservists showed the good side of war

Dec-19-2005 » Filed Under: TF Freedom

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By SARAH CLARK, DesMoines Register

About 70 friends and family members gathered Sunday as 14 Army reservists with the Des Moines-based 366th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment were presented with Welcome Home Warrior Awards during a ceremony at Four Point Sheraton.

The unit, which spent 11 months and four days in Mosul at Forward Operating Base Courage, arrived at Fort Sill, Okla., on Dec. 9 for debriefing and returned to Des Moines on Thursday .

The timing was perfect for Staff Sgt. Michele Uitermarkt.

"Being home is wonderful,'' she said. "I have a lot of Christmas shopping to do.''[...]

Some soldiers expressed frustration at the way the war is being covered in the United States.

"I was unfortunate enough to be able to watch the news (from back home) on the Armed Forces Network," Sgt. John Frazen said. Frazen, who is from the Chicago area and attends Luther College, said the media tended not to show the good things the soldiers are doing in Iraq.

"It was frustrating because our job was to show the good things that were happening,'' he said. "We feel like we're winning.''


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