KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- The schedule is no longer one weekend a month for deployed National Guard soldiers upon arrival in theater and attachment to their active duty counterparts. Finding themselves with a different schedule, organized into teams spread across Afghanistan and Iraq, members of the 230th Signal Company take it all in stride and keep their close knit group connected through technology.
The unit’s headquarters element, located here, works hard to ensure no matter their location, their soldiers still get promoted, re-enlist, and are awarded for the great things that they and the Tennessee Army National Guard have done.
Though the constant contact is logistically impossible, the 230th Signal Company has employed creativity in their ways of reaching out. Capt. Stephen Haley, commander of the thinly spread Tennessee Guard unit had the privilege to re-enlist one of his soldiers via video conference, Oct. 24.
Spc. Susan Curt, located at Bagram Air Field, working at the help desk for the 580th Signal Company has been a member of the Tennessee Army National Guard for 5 years and says it was important for Capt. Haley, her commander to do the re-enlistment.
“We’ve been in this company since it stood up, and we’ve been through a lot” Curt said. “It meant a lot for him to be the one to swear me in.”
It’s in these smaller details that have nothing to do with mission essential tracking that keep the 230th Signal Company a tight knit community. Haley echoed this when he said that keeping track of where everyone is, and maintaining their well being is a difficult task, but never overlooked.
| Date Taken: |
10.24.2011 |
| Date Posted: |
10.25.2011 10:17 |
| Story ID: |
78972 |
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KANDAHAR AIRFIELD AND BAGRAM AIRFIELD, AF |
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