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♦ WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2007 8A SUPPORT From page lA After tearing them down, rebuilding and driving them more times than he probably played pool at Smoking Js Pool Hall growing up - it used to be located near Tolleson Lumber - which was a lot, he was moved to Germany. After two years there - also, part of the reason he joined was to see the world and Germany was one of those places on his list - he changed jobs (of his own free will ... versus the military changing it for him). He became - was “reclas sified” was the term he used - a forward observer. His actual job title, he said: fire support. (It should be noted he really never got that big tank mentality out of his mind as today he drives a full-size Hum-V... Although, he denies buying it had any thing to do with it. “I just like it,” he said.) His job as a forward observ er/fire support was basically as portrayed on TV He could “paint” targets for the good guys to attack/destroy. And, he could also call in artillery or mortar fire for the same purpose. With new job and orders in hand, he reported to Fort Drum, N.Y., home of the 10th Mountain Division, which oh by the way, he added, just happened to be rumored to be the most deployed unit in the Army. More evidence of that came when after being in the unit for only two months he got the call to deploy to Iraq. Enter one yellow ribbon. Two months into his stint in Iraq, he was promoted Mat Contributed Army Staff Sgt. Jason Daugherty stands with his grandparents Bill and Judy Wood, also of Perry. USDA, Rural Development will require at least a 20% non refundable down payment, in certified funds, the day of the sale. to his current rank of staff sergeant. That changed his job in that now he was no longer the guy painting tar gets but more of an advisor to the company’s/unit’s offi cers. He also became a leader for a group of three other fire support members. (He him self has a growl in his voice that could scare away most enemy baddies.) Due to the obvious sensi tive nature of what he did, he couldn’t go into a whole lot of details about specific mis sions - he did mention sup port of the infantry but man oh man did he hate using the word “support” in their regard - but he did say the biggest danger he encoun tered was being under mor tar fire from the enemy. “It was not a walk in the park,” he said. His unit, the 431st Infantry Battalion, was stationed/based in/out of Yusufiyah, which is just on the southwest outskirts of Baghdad. “(But) it’s what I expected it to be.” “Down time,” he said, was described as pretty much hanging out in the tent, play ing cards, “watching movies, opening care packages.” And, oh yeah, in case you were wondering, soliders love care packages. “They’re a lot of fun,” he said. His unit, he said, enjoyed getting beef jerky but the one item they relished most: Girl Scout cookies. “They’re really good cookies,” he laughed. “Darn good cookies.” Most of the eating was done in a chow hall with military cooks but on rare occasion, he said, they did eat in an Iraqi family’s home. The most notable thing about that, he said, was they always served some V FORECLOSURE SALE^^k WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 2008 HOUSTON COUNTY COURTHOUSE 10:00 A.M. 3 Bedrooms, 2 Baths 308 Henson Rd Hawkinsville, GA 31036 Minimum Bid Amount $46,533.00 For more information contact USDA, Rural Development at 478-956-6484, Ext 4. sort of hot tea - he added he couldn’t pronounce it, nor could he spell it (he did learn some of the language, how ever) - in a shot glass with “lots of sugar.” Now he’s home - for 30 days before returning to New York. That is pretty signifi cant in itself, as he said it will mark the first time in four generations of Daugherty’s that all of the family will be together during the holi days. For him directly that includes his mom, a sister and two brothers, as well as his grandparents who also live in Perry. (Unfortunately, his father passed away of a heart attack when he was 16.) All of which, along with the community and the nation, he praised for their support. “It mehns a' lot,” he said. “I definitely have to thank them.” Perry today has changed a lot for him. The new park ing lot for Perry High School where a wooded area used to a be - a cut-through to the Piggly Wiggly, he said - caught his eye, and the new traffic light at Perimeter Road was: “Wow! Perimeter Road has a traffic light?” One thing that has remained a constant over the past 15 months, however, has been that yellow ribbon hanging on a dogwood tree in Wendy Daugherty’s. 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