Stories of a deployment: The journey to Afghanistan with the WV Air Guard
Anna Sale traveled to Afghanistan with the West Virginia Air National Guard’s 130th Airlift Wing. She’s now on her way back to West Virginia. Throughout her trip she’s filed stories for West Virginia Public Radio, and chronicled the unit’s experiences through this daily blog.
Making a marriage work through uncertainty of war
By Anna Sale
asale@wvpubcast.org
We hear a lot of stories about the toll military service takes on families at home. What we don’t hear as much about are military families where both the husband and wife are deployed. Kirk and Dawn Teufel are one such couple. They military has always been a part of their relationship. Dawn works full-time with the WV Guard’s 130th Airlift Wing in Charleston. She’s a flight navigator. Kirk is a pilot for C-130 airplanes. They have a 2 year-old daughter. They both were deployed to Afghanistan this spring. Dawn left first, and served 45 days at Bagram Air Field. Kirk was deployed to Afghanistan a month and a half later. They spent two and a half days together.Then, Dawn came home. Anna Sale traveled with Kirk and other members of the 130th to Afghanistan, and sat next to Dawn on the plane ride home.
- Listen to story - 06/22/07
Afghanistan Story Archives:
- Listen to Reporter Q&A: Back in West Virginia – 06/15/07
- Listen to Traveling home - 06/14/07
- Day 12: Back on North American soil - 06/14/07
- Day 11: Thinking about home in the streets of Dublin - 06/13/07
- Day 10: Thoughts from the seat of a C-130 - 06/12/07
- Day 9: Resting in Romania - 06/11/07
- Listen to No time to rest at Bagram - 06/11/07
- Day 7: Impressions on an Air Base morning - 06/08/07
- Listen to Reporter Q&A: First impressions of Bagram - 06/07/07
- Day 6: Finally arriving in Aghanistan - 06/07/07
- Day 5: An unplanned delay (and getting it right) - 06/06/07
- Listen to Guard’s focus turns to mission - 06/06/07
- Day 4: Readying for war - 06/05/07
- Day 3: Entering Eastern Europe - 06/04/07
- Listen to First Leg to Afghanistan - 06/04/07
- Day 2: Crossing the Atlantic - 06/03/07
- Day 1: Impressions of a unit and how to pronounce Newfoundland - 06/02/07
- Listen to Reporter Q&A : Before deployment – 06/01/07
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