Charlie Battery Soldiers
First Time Deployed Soldiers Speak Out as their Mission End Draws Near
Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion, 147 Field Artillery, South Dakota Army National Guard, Yankton, SD:
What is it like to be deployed for the first time?  Eighteen, first time deployed Soldiers from Charlie Battery were asked about their experience on their year long deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.  Here are their thoughts:
 
Bartmann
Specialist Anthony Bartmann – “The deployment seemed easy compared to what we could have gotten, but it didn’t change the fact that it was still hard being away from everybody back home.”
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