CAMP TAJI, Iraq, March 14, 2007 — More and more soldiers spend their deployments in Iraq serving alongside their spouses.
Sgt. Erick McCormick, the warehouse non-commissioned officer in charge for Headquarters Company, 15th Brigade Troops Battalion, 15th Sustainment Brigade from Ketchikan, Alaska and Spc. t Michelle McCormick, a supply specialist also with the Sustainment Brigade, from Houston, Texas, are on their second deployment together, but first deployment as a married couple.
Michelle joined the Army in 2004. Right after graduation from high school she packed her bags and headed to Fort Jackson, S.C.
"My dad is a military policeman and my sister is a supply specialist in the Army Reserves, so I decided to join," Michelle said.
Her first duty station was Fort Hood, Texas, and within a few short months of arriving, she deployed to Camp Taji, Iraq, for three months during Operation Iraqi Freedom 04-05.
"I was excited because my dad was in Baghdad and my older sister was in Karbala," Michelle said.
Erick joined the Army in 2002 after taking the first few years out of high school to work as a fisherman on charter boats. He also worked as a bio-medical tech at the Ketchikan Indian clinic, a local reservation clinic.
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