Face of Defense: Former WAC Serves in Iraq

By • on October 2, 2009

Face of Defense: Former WAC Serves in Iraq

By Chanel S. Weaver
American Forces Press Service
BAGHDAD, Oct. 2, 2009 – Some people turn to reference books or the Internet for a lesson in military history, but the personnel at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Gulf Region Division in Iraq have another option.

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Thirty-six years after enlisting in the Women’s Army Corps, Pat Riley poses for a pre-deployment photo before heading to Iraq. Riley is serving a six-month assignment as a realty specialist for the Gulf Region Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Iraq. U.S. Army photo