Lilburn Sons in Afghanistan on Special Agricultural Mission
Andrew Wexel and Bobby Clower, whose families call Lilburn home, are deployed for a year-long mission to help Afghan people boost farming practices.
When Andrew Wexel left Georgia in February bound for a year-long mission in Afghanistan his mother Laurie felt a knot of anxiety. This would be the first deployment for her 24-year-old son, and it was something he asked to do. "I was wondering if the last time I saw his face on the bus at his send off would be the last time I saw him," she said. A member of the security detail of the 265th Regional Support Group out of the National Guard Armory at Metter, Ga., Wexel headed to Afghanistan to teach sustainable farming practices to Afghan farmers, according to The Metter Advertiser. Some 50 specialists went with him, including another Lilburn son, Bobby Clower. Same as Andrew Wexel, this is Clower's first deployment. "I feel good, but I have …
Pat Gabilondo
11:06 am on Tuesday, August 28, 2012
So proud of these young men who are truly making a difference in our world! more ›