H appy Veterans Day to all veterans, past and present. I would like to personally thank you all for serving our country.
H ometown hero Charles John Mueller of Plainfield survived 13 months as a prisoner of war.
N avy Petty Officer 3rd Class Britney M. Wermer of Joliet and fellow sailors of Patrol Squadron 10 "Red Lancers" out of the Naval Air Station in Jacksonville, Fla., recently reached the mid-way point in their six-month deployment to operating bases in Qatar, Djibouti and Japan.
Army Sgt. Maj. Mark Bowman of Plainfield returned home to his wife Karen and daughter Eve after a deployment in late September. Bowman finished a successful tour as command sergeant major of Combined Joint Task Force Phoenix VIII and as the command sergeant major of the 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team.
