Posted on 06/25/2009 5:06:41 PM PDT by Al B.
June 25, 2009, Anchorage, Alaska – Governor Sarah Palin is in Kosovo visiting approximately 140 Alaska Army National Guard aviators who are deployed for 12 months on a peacekeeping mission.
The 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment is providing aviation support with UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters to U.S. forces and coalition forces. This is an air assault mission in which the unit will be tasked with various duties including passenger and cargo airlift, external sling load deliveries, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. “I am happy to pass on the message of sincere thanks from all Alaskans,” Governor Palin said. “We are so proud of their service.”
A part of Governor Palin’s duties while she is in country is to inspect the troops and ascertain how the experience in Kosovo will better prepare these service members for missions within Alaska and future deployments overseas.
“As commander-in-chief, Governor Palin is the one we look to for leadership and inspiration while serving and defending the sovereign boundaries of Alaska,” said Lt. Gen. (AK) Craig E. Campbell, Adjutant General of the Alaska National Guard. “We thank the commanding general of the Multi-National Task Force East for the invitation to visit and for his hospitality while in country.”
The 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation is the most deployed unit in the Alaska National Guard, having previously deployed elements to Kosovo in 2004, as well as fulfilling missions in Iraq, Guatemala, Haiti and Honduras.
BTTT
***Tears*** I LOVE THAT WOMAN!!!!!!
And then she jumped on a plane to meet her lover in Bangladesh....oh, wait THAT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN and yet the media and liberals hate her!
ping
Shhhh....according to some on this board, her destination is supposed to be a big secret. ;)
Thankfully, some real news. You go, Sarah!! People sometimes forget that we have troops around the world, not just Iraq and Afghanistan. Their work is no less appreciated.
She loves the military, and they love her back. :)
Who sent Todd Palin to Bangladesh?
Amen-and that is how it should be!!:)
She could wear anything still look good
I like see Michelle Obama do that I doubt it
Where is our exit strategy from Kosovo???
Good on you to visit the troops there, Sarah!
On her way home could she stop in DC an evict that squatter in the White House before he destroys the nation?
How is that for an endorsement of Gov Sarah Palin. I would like someone like that General as Sec Def that would encourage our solders not like Gates who bows to Obama.
"It's not every day a governor comes onboard," Vance said. "We tell our Sailors thank you every day, but when it comes from someone like Governor Palin, it makes it all the more special."Adm. Vance took a COD over to Elmendorf from the Stennis to personally escort her out to the ship.He said the visit comes at a time when the Stennis has been at sea for five months in various exercises before coming up north to Alaska in support of Northern Edge.
"This is a huge deal for them," Vance said. "This visit is icing on the cake after a five month cruise at sea."
Governor Palin visits USS Stennis (Photos)
Flag officers are anxious to meet this lady, it seems. :)
It’s a great endorsement. And, along with her carrier trap, and I presume cat, at the start of this trip, a great experience for her.
Gov. Palin was in Kuwait a few years ago, always in involvment with the Alaska Nat. Guard.
Just Flew out to the Carrier Stennis Mon., invited by
the Navy.
To bad more in Government would do the same in respect
to the troops.
And I'm sure the troops have taken notice and have respect for her as well. And especially considering it's not just a photo op for her. She really does admire and respect them and they know it!
Exactly, especially Gov. Palin having a son serving in Iraq
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