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Last week I went with my family to the 50th anniversary celebration of NIOC Sugar Grove, West Virginia, where we lived for two amazing years.  The day began with a ceremony honoring sailors and airmen who had served in Iraq and Afghanistan.  The Navy and the local community commemorated Sugar Grove’s 50th birthday.  At the end of the day, country music singer Chris Cagle gave a free concert on the football field.  It was a great day.

Through it all, MWR employees worked.  Some of them started the day at 5:30 A.M., working in the galley, and were still at it at 11:00 P.M. in the club.  Others hauled water, hot dogs and burgers from the club’s kitchen out to the football field’s concession stand.  It was a very hot day - 94 degrees, I think - and the MWR folks were in the blazing sun most of the time.

Sometimes I don’t think we realize how hard MWR employees work on special days - July 4 leaps to mind - to make our holidays and celebrations fun and memorable.  We’re off work, enjoying good food and fireworks, but they’re out there manning the kiddie games, driving the tractor for hayrides and standing over hot griddles, flipping burgers.  It’s tough duty - not as tough as a deployment or an IA, but difficult nonetheless.

Thanks, MWR, for making the last 22 years of my life more fun, and for staying focused on making the lives of active duty folks and their families better.

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