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Overseas Troops Send Holiday Love Home
National Guardsmen Jenna VanDeman and Jeffrey Plair from Wentzville made YouTube videos wishing their loved ones at home happy holidays.
The men and women of the Missouri National Guard spending the holidays away from home are using YouTube to send their greetings back to loved ones.
Spc. Jenna VanDeman, stationed in Qatar, blew a kiss to her husband, child and family in .
1st Lt. Jeffrey Plair, also from Wentzville and stationed in Qatar, wished happy holidays to his wife, his three boys and “the one on the way.”
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Units currently deployed include:
- 175th Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment of the 175th Military Police Battalion of Columbia
- 2175th Military Police Company of Hannibal
- 1137th Military Police Company of Kennett
- 3175th Chemical Company of St. Peters
- 1138th Transportation Company out of Jefferson Barracks
- 548th Transportation Company of Trenton,
- 835th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion
- 229th Multifunctional Medical Battalion of Jefferson City
- Missouri's Agribusiness Development Team V.
The National Guard recorded more holiday wishes from Missouri residents on their YouTube channel.
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