County seeks military information
County commissioner Bill Zechman is asking for the community’s help in obtaining information for a resolution he is sponsoring honoring local service men and women who have been called up as a result of possible military action in Iraq.
He is asking for local residents to provide information about themselves, family members, friends or co-workers who are in military service to be included in the resolution.
There will be two primary information collection points: the county executive’s office, 473-2505, and Zechman himself at the State Farm Insurance office, 473-6523.
The following information is needed according to Zechman:
1. The name of the service person
2. Branch of service
3. Rank
4. Military occupation specialty, or MOS, if possible
5. Unit or outfit
6. Where they have been deployed, if it doesn’t violate security
7. Where they were deployed from, i.e. Fort Campbell, etc.
8. Their local connection, which could include the names of parents, a spouse or relatives, if respondents are agreeable to providing this information.
Zechman would also like to include this information for those with local ties who are in the National Guard or reserve forces who have been called up, and if this is the case, who their civilian employer is.
“The resolution is designed to honor those who serve in the uniform of our country,” Zechman said, “and is not taking a position either for or against what President Bush calls a ‘preemption’ in Iraq.
“We’re just supporting our people because they’re obeying orders and doing their duty,” he said. “And serving their country.”