Looking overseas
Published 10:33 am Friday, September 16, 2011
A U.S. Army flight crew chief Sgt. Adam Muilenburg from Duluth, Minn., of Task Force Lift "Dust Off," Charlie Company 1-71 Aviation Regiment, performs maintenance on a medevac helicopter at Forward Operating Base Edi in the Helmand Province of southern Afghanistan, Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
A Hollandale family recently received a rare look at their son’s tour of duty in Afghanistan.
U.S. Army flight crew chief Sgt. Adam Muilenburg, who grew up in Hollandale, is on his third tour of duty in the military, and was recently followed by an Associated Press photographer.
Members of Task Force Lift "Dust Off", Charlie Company 1-71 Aviation Regiment smoke as they wait for their mission at Forward Operating Base Edi in the Helmand Province of southern Afghanistan. Sunday, Sept 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
“It was kind of fun to see him,” said his mom, Dar, who hasn’t seen her son since he deployed to Afghanistan in spring 2011.
Dar and her husband, Bob, both of Hollandale, said they were surprised to see Adam’s photo in the news.
Adam is a helicopter mechanic with Task Force Lift “Dust Off,” Charlie Company 1-71 Aviation Regiment, and is currently stationed at the Forward Operating Base Edi in the Helmand Province of southern Afghanistan.
Adam, 27, is expected to be in Afghanistan for roughly a year, where he is stationed with a flight unit.
Dar is originally from Austin, as is Adam’s grandma.
