Rockford Resident Retires After 28 Years in the Illinois National Guard
September 18, 2024
September 18, 2024
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Sept. 18 -- The Illinois National Guard issued the following news:
Bloomington, Ill. - Sgt. 1st Class Melissa Brooker of Rockford retired from the Illinois Army National Guard after 28 years of service but told those at her Sept. 13 retirement ceremony in Bloomington that she was "not done being young."
"The Army gave me the confidence to go into the unknown," said Brooker during the ceremony at the 44th Chemical Battalion's h . . .
Bloomington, Ill. - Sgt. 1st Class Melissa Brooker of Rockford retired from the Illinois Army National Guard after 28 years of service but told those at her Sept. 13 retirement ceremony in Bloomington that she was "not done being young."
"The Army gave me the confidence to go into the unknown," said Brooker during the ceremony at the 44th Chemical Battalion's h . . .