8A Tuesday, November 27, 2018
The Times, Gainesville, Georgia | gainesvilletimes.com
LOCAL
CHARLIE
■ Continued from 1A
Lt. Nathan Bourdeau,
Gainesville High School
JROTC lead instructor, gath
ered with his students at Alta
Vista and John W. Morrow
Jr. Parkway holding a large
American flag.
“It’s important for us to
support our citizen soldiers
because they’re supporting
us,” Bourdeau said.
Many of the unit’s members
hold civilian jobs or attend col
lege while maintaining their
military training part-time.
“This is an opportunity for
us to show the (JROTC) cadets
what these individuals are sac
rificing for us,” Bourdeau said.
The soldiers’ mission is to
improve the Afghan army,
said the unit’s commander,
Capt. John Whitmire, a Flow
ery Branch native, in an inter
view last week.
U.S. forces have been
involved in the country since
2001 — or after 9/11 — in
what has become America’s
longest war. Withdrawals in
recent years have reduced
America’s presence to about
14,000 troops
As the Afghans take over
militarily, “we’re taking a step
back,” Whitmire said. “We’re
doing advising, primarily.
We’re handing over the reins
and giving them the ability (to
operate) on their own.”
This is Charlie Company’s
first deployment since the
unit was sent to Afghanistan
in 2009-10. The unit was sent to
Iraq in 2005.
SCOn ROGERS I The Times
Charlie Company marches Monday, Nov. 26, from the Alta Vista Road armory to Gainesville High School as people hold signs and wave flags during a
send-off for the Gainesville-based outfit, which is headed to Afghanistan next year.
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