Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Ryan's Cousin

There was an article published about Ryan's cousin, Mo, yesterday. She is a proffesor at the College of Technology at Kent State and will be deployed in April as the Marines’ assistant linguistics officer for Bahrain.

Aeronautics director prepares to serve with Marines in Bahrain

Maureen McFarland, College of Technology professor, is being deployed to Bahrain, a small island off the coast of Saudi Arabia, in April. McFarland will serve as the Marines’ assistant linguistics officer for Bahrain. Photo by Anthony Vence. Every day since 2004, Maureen McFarland comes to school as the director of the aeronautics department, but she waits for the call.

“I enjoy my time here,” she said. “My job is important to me and it’s important to the people around me.”

She waits for the call.

McFarland helps students find the right classes, which helps the advisers in the College of Technology stay at ease.

She waits for the call.

After school, she goes home to take care of her special-needs brother, Adam, who has cerebral palsy and is cognitively impaired.

She waits for the call.

Last November, McFarland got the call. Serving in the Marine Corps since 1996, she knew her deployment to serve her country would come someday. She got the call from a major who told her she would be deployed in April and will need to take a leave of absence for one year.

“I am being shipped to Bahrain (an island off the coast of Saudi Arabia),” McFarland said.


The rest of the article here.

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