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Soldier Inspired to Service by Operation Desert Storm Ends Military Career as Illinois National Guard's Command Senior Enlisted Leader
December 05, 2023
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Dec. 5 -- The Illinois National Guard issued the following news:

By Barbara Wilson, Illinois National Guard Public Affairs Office

The year was 1990 and a future Illinois National Guard member watched Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm unfold on national television and was inspired to "do something that means something."

"I had graduated high school and knew I wanted to go to college but didn't know how I was goin . . .

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