A GTMO Special

When I came home today there was a hefty envelope in the mail from my old Army unit.

Surprise!

No, they haven’t called me back to active duty to replace the dead in Iraq -- they sent me an Army Achievement Award for service I initiated three years ago.

This is the citation:

“Sergeant Michelle M. Pessoa, United States Army Reserve, distinguished herself by superior meritorious achievement as a print journalist while deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Joint Task Force GTMO at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from June to December 2002. Through her distinctive accomplishments Sergeant Pessoa reflects credit upon herself, the United States Army and the Department of Defense.”