Sinai watch

National Guard, Dec 2002/Jan 2003 by Rogers, Rob

"It's one of the biggest motivators," said Ist Sgt. Darron Shaw of the newspapers and packages from home.

Shaw has the duty of distributing the mail to C Company every day it comes in. "It keeps people going," he said.

Their orders to serve at the Sinai post state that the mission ends in January, but there's a small clause that says the military can keep them on duty for two years if it has to.

But no one believes it will come to that. "They're doing a good job," said Lt. Col. Dan Cameron, 1-186th commander, "but they're ready to come home."

Rob Rogers is reporter with The NewsReview, a daily newspaper serving Eugene, Ore., in Roseburg, Ore.