CALLED TO SERVE COUNTRY NATIONAL GUARD COMPANY DEPARTS FROM LANCASTER.Byline: Greg GREG Great Egg Harbor National Scenic and Recreational River (US National Park Service) Botonis Staff Writer LANCASTER Lancaster, city, England Lancaster (lăng`kəstər), city (1991 pop. 43,902) and district, county seat of Lancashire, NW England, on the Lune River. - Tearful wives, children, grandchildren GRANDCHILDREN, domestic relations. The children of one's children. Sometimes these may claim bequests given in a will to children, though in general they can make no such claim. 6 Co. 16. and other family and friends surrounded sur·round tr.v. sur·round·ed, sur·round·ing, sur·rounds 1. To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle. 2. To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication. n. 45 National Guardsmen as they headed out Friday for final training before leaving for the Middle East. The 756th Transportation Company's mostly middle-age soldiers shipped out in a charter bus for five weeks of training before they are deployed to an as-of-yet unknown Mideast location. ``It's an honor As a verb, to accept a bill of exchange, or to pay a note, check, or accepted bill, at maturity. To pay or to accept and pay, or, where a credit so engages, to purchase or discount a draft complying with the terms of the draft. to show my son and my grandchildren that they have to do their part,'' said Specialist Walter Brady, 49, of Lancaster, who was out of the Army for 23 years before re-enlisting six days after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. ``I have an obligation, a duty.'' he said. ``I knew when I said 'I do' that this day would come, but I still don't want to leave my family. The transportation company's job will be to drive trucks hauling heavy equipment, including the Army's M1A1 Abrams tanks, which when not in combat travel on low-slung trailers for long-distance trips. ``It's hard leaving the kids behind. but on the other hand I'm doing this for my kids and their kids and I'm proud to do it,'' said Sgt. Joe Berlin, a 53-year-old Ventura County schoolteacher. ``I'm just thinking about what lies ahead, the unknown, what I'm going to be doing. but I will have the constant thought of my daughters in the back of my head.'' Berlin, whose daughters are 22 and 23, served two years on active duty in the Army and the past 18 years in the reserves. He worked as a 6th-grade teacher at Cole Middle School in east Lancaster for two years before deciding to escape the heat of the desert for the cool of a home a block away from the ocean. ``It's kind of funny that I can't stand the heat up here but now I'm being sent to a real desert,'' Berlin said. ``And there I can't wear shorts.'' Brady said goodbye to his wife, Juanita, 9-year-old son and four grandchildren whom they take care of. ``I feel sad but I feel proud at the same time,'' Juanita said. ``I don't want to see him go away from home and into harm's way harm's way n. A risky position; danger: a place for the children that is out of harm's way; ships that sail into harm's way. , but he has to protect and serve for all of us to continue to be free. I really never expected to see him going away with the military, though.'' Officials said they have no idea when the unit will be able to return home. ``Everyone here wants to go,'' said Sgt. Nicholas Anguiano, who has been in the military for 16 years. ``Everybody gets tired of training and never putting it to use, but now we are ready. Leaving your family behind, you hurt - but once you're there, you've got nothing but your mission on your mind. You've got a duty to do.'' CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1 -- color in Verb 1. color in - add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film" color, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize, colour AV edition only) Sgt. Joe Berlin of the 756th Transportation Company of the National Guard says goodbye to his daughters, from left, Jennie, 23, and Christie Christie can refer to:
(2 -- color in AV edition only) Family members and friends wave goodbye Friday as the National Guard's 756th Transportation Company departs from Lancaster. (3 -- color -- ran in AV edition only) Specialist Walter Brady's 20-month- old granddaughter, Raven raven, common name for the largest member of the family Corvidae (crow family), ranging throughout the arctic and temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. The raven, Corvus corax, is a glossy black scavenging bird about 26 in. Bowner, tells him goodbye. Most of the 756th Transportation Company's soldiers are middle age. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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