Welcome Back From Iraq
Riverside, New Jersey 

Who:        Sgt. Craig Pennell

When:      Sunday, January 31, 2010

Time:       ETA 3:45pm

Where:   VFW Post 3020

                 1125 Fairview St. 08075-3941

                 Riverside, NJ

Contact: Ann 856-906-3301

Please come out to welcome home Sgt. Craig Pennell from serving one year in Iraq. Craig joined JROTC in his freshman year in high school 1997. He completed 4 years of JROTC ending as 3^rd in command of the unit. He joined the Army National Guard at age 16 (with parents signatures). 

Craig graduated from Riverside High School in 2001. After graduation he went off to boot camp at Ft. Jackson, SC, August 2001. He was in boot camp when the 9/11 attacks occurred. He finished boot camp as a specialist. AIT was completed at Ft Eustis, VA, where he specialized in Apache Helicopter Maintenance.

He attached to 1-150^th AHB Unit from Mercer County Army National Guard where he started as a helicopter mechanic and advanced to Crew Chief and rank of SGT.

His civilian job is with the 1-150^th AHB as Helicopter mechanic. He left Mercer County Army National Guard Station on Jan. 31 2009 for Ft Still, Ok and then deployed to Kuwait on April 18^th 2009 and then on to Iraq with Alpha Unit. This is his 2^nd enlistment with the Army National Guard.

Please come out and join the WWR and friends, the Yellow Ribbon Club, the town of Riverside and Delran and Craig Pennell’s family in welcoming him home. Please come out and help us make some noise.

Craig is a member of the Delran Fire Company, Delran EMS and he assists with Riverside High School JROTC Ranger Training in his spare time.

*MEDIA WELCOME AT FAMILYS REQUEST

The Yellow Ribbon Club
http://www.yellowribbonclub.org
info@yellowribbonclub.org

Karen Jennings, Marine Mom
Military Support Group of NJ Inc. (MSGNJ)
P.O. Box 118
Stratford, NJ 08084
www.MilitarySupportGroupNJ.org