The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Jun 29, 2007 14:20:55 EDT
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — In October 2005, Brenda Taylor-Brooks landed in Iraq wearing her first pair of boots, her first helmet and her first rucksack.
When she walked out of her tent, her Army-issued uniform pants fell to her ankles, right in front of soldiers who gathered to welcome her. The embarrassed grandmother with no military experience said she bent over to pick up her pants and tumbled onto her head.
“That was the closest I came to crying,” she said with a laugh. “I was mooning Iraq within an hour of getting there.”
Unlike the thousands of troops deployed to Iraq, Taylor-Brooks didn’t have to go. She and other Fort Bragg civilian workers are among those volunteering to go to Iraq, believing their abilities can help the troops.
More at http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/06/ap_civilianvolunteers_070629/
