A special Thank You to the AUSA Third Region for providing the chocolate favors from Pizzelle’s Confections in Huntsville. Don’t forget to take one when you leave.
The Huntsville Botanical Garden for providing the beverage station & an anonymous donor for providing the finger foods & extras in honor of all those who served in Somalia during this time.
LTC (Ret.) Jane Jollota, a West Point graduate, served as an active-duty Army aviator for twelve years, most notably with the 101st Airborne Division in Desert Shield/Desert Storm and as Team Courage’s commander during Operation Restore Hope in Mogadishu, Somalia. When she was deployed to Somalia, she left her sixteen-month-old son in the care of her parents and then her husband when he returned from Somalia. After her return from deployment and a one-month vacation at Fort Polk’s lush training center she resigned her commission and joined the Army Reserves…