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Life in Iraq: Unregulated Voltage
When he’s at home in New York, Kevin Ginnane is a Local 3 electrician but when he’s an MP in Iraq, he’s everywhere and does a variety of jobs—convoy security, dignitary protection, police academy instructor. It’s done "in hopes of bringing peace and stability to the area," writes William Grodnick, who like Brother Ginnane is a solider in the New York State National Guard. "Currently, life in Iraq resembles voltage that is unregulated," Grodnick says. "Like life in the Old West, lawlessness prevails. Hopefully, because of the efforts of people like Kevin Ginnane, his unit and others, peace and stability will some day come to these people," Grodnick added. Kevin is assigned to the 442nd Military Police Company and for almost a year now, and has been sent all around Iraq, "seeking to train new generations of Iraqi police officers." And, Grodnick says in his early April report, they should be returning home soon now. Local 95 Brothers Serving Together
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Army Reserve Sgt. David Martin, a Local 95, Joplin, Missouri, member,
has been on duty in Iraq since last year. Martin, a journeyman wireman,
and fellow Local 95 member Dustin Dees, a line clearance tree trimmer,
belong to the 203rd Engr BN. They are both expected to
return home this month.
