Fla. Guard Finance Unit Headed For Iraq
Deployment Ceremony Held Monday Morning
POSTED: Monday, October 12, 2009
UPDATED: 3:40 pm EDT October 12,
2009
  Twenty-six members of the Florida National Guard's 3153rd Finance Detachment are honored as they prepare to deploy to Iraq. |
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- Friends and family of the men and women of the Florida National Guard's 3153rd Finance Detachment said goodbye in a ceremony Monday morning. The 23 citizen soldiers leave soon for training at Fort McCoy in Wisconsin, then leave in November for a year in Iraq.Spc. LaRhonda McKay teared up at the thought of life for a year away from her family."I kind of already know what to expect -- I've been before," McKay said. "It doesn't make it easier."McKay's sister, Tulani Honablew, is equally concerned knowing that her sister will be in a war zone.While the unit's primary duty is handling paychecks and other financial support services, Honablew is nervous at the thought of her being in a war zone."Anything could happen. I mean, you know, it's Iraq," Honablew said.Sgt. 1st Class Ray Metych, who is leaving a wife and three children at home, said he is more concerned about his family."We have a mission we're trained for," Metych said. "It's the families that have the hardest part."
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