Pictured starting front row from left to right, then moving to the back from right to left:

1) Sgt. Rachelle Waring - permanently assigned to National Guard duties.

2) Sgt. Erika Waring - served in country, Baghdad. Presently with a supply group out of Lansing.

3) Mstr. Sgt. Steven Douglas Waring - presently in country, Baghdad. Administration (soon to be promoted)

4) "Buck" Private Zackary Wagner Waring (ZAK)... Zak joined recently and is presently at a training facility.

Steven, the father, is a X-Marine. He served eight years leaving the marines as a Warrant Officer. He decided to continue his service in the Army Reserve and has been there ever since. He is presently serving in country at Baghdad, Iraq, Camp Liberty. One of his daughters, Erika, served in country also at Baghdad one year ago. Steve is married to Darlene Jane the daughter of REALTOR® member Larry Wagner, who served in the U.S. Navy as a radio operator on U.S.S. LCU 1470 during the Lebanon Crises in 1958.

Other REALTOR® Family Members Serving

• Private 1st Class Justin Gale - US Army, son of Jackson REALTOR® association staff member Linda LaRock, is currently serving in Afghanistan:
  
  
• Chaplain (LTC) Robert Bierenga, husband of REALTOR® member Nancy Bierenga, is serving at
  Camp Victory, Baghdad, Iraq.
• CWOIII Robert Adams, son of REALTOR® member Tom Platek, is serving in Iraq.
• Chad A. Sehlke of Century 21 Northland is currently serving in Iraq.
• PC Robert Jonathan Dixon, US Army, brother of REALTOR® member Gretchen Lang was three months into his tour in Iraq when he passed away. An improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle.
• 1st LT. Colin O’Grady, son of REALTOR® member Ivy Richmond is serving at Ft. Riley, Kansas.
• REALTOR® member Beth Sly has 2 sons serving; Jerome Malnar II is presently in Guam in the Air Force
  and Trevor Sly is presently assigned at the Detroit, Michigan Coast Guard.
• Robert Sprott, son of REALTOR® members Mike and Kathy Sprott, is serving as an army medic in Iraq and was recently awarded a purple heart.
• Major Jeffrey Nelden, son of REALTOR® member Robert Nelden, is serving in Iraq.
• James McFarland, stepson of REALTOR® member J. Goscinski, recently joined for a 6 year term with the National Guard and is currently undergoing advanced training in Maryland.
• REALTOR® member Harold Nichols has a son and daughter serving; SSgt Shaelynn Fox with the U.S.M.C. in Japan and PFC Joshua York just graduated U.S.M.C. Boot Camp.
• Levi Ball, son of REALTOR® member Tracy Ball, is completing his tech school to become a firefighter for the Air Force.
• Daniel Gardner Graham, son of REALTOR® member Barbara J. Biskner, is serving in the U.S. Navy currently stationed in San Diego.
• Eric S. Witke Navy corpman, son of REALTOR® member Cindy Witke is currently serving in the Navy.
• Philip J. Oleck, son of REALTOR® member John J. Oleck, is a Seaman serving in the Navy on the USS Abraham Lincoln, an aircraft carrier out of Washington State in the Pacific
• John Hoppe, Marine, Son of REALTOR® member Jean Knapp.
• Jonathan Hale, Army Ranger, Step-Son of REALTOR® member Corrie Dye.
• Chief Petty Officer Christopher Crowe, Son-in-law of REALTOR® member Sandy Ames.
• Melissa Crowe, retired Petty Officer – USN, daughter of REALTOR® member Sandy Ames.
• Levi Ball, Air Force, Son of REALTOR® member Tracy Ball.
• Major Gary Thompson, Son of REALTOR® member Kathy Thompson.
• Daniel Gardner Graham, United States Navy, Son of REALTOR® member Barbara Biskner.
• Sargeant Joshua LaPere, United States Army, Son of REALTOR® member Evona Lepere.
• Vicki Williams, REALTOR® member, has a son who has made a career out of the army, and a newphew deployed to Iraq as a detonation specialist.
• Keeley Benson, daughter of REALTOR® member Rudy Key, served in Iraq for 14 months, and returned to her Hawaii base in September.
• Jason Pavolko, REALTOR® member, is a retiree from the U.S. Army with 22 years of service. His son, is a sergeant at Ft. Know in the Army Band. His daughter will be graduating from Alma College in the spring and commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant in the Army.
• Sgt. 1st Class Keith A. Barber is on his third tour of duty in Iraq; grandson of REALTOR® Barbara Rogers.
• James W. Lansdell Sr., REALTOR® member, is a retiree from the United States Air Force.
• Mary Hoevy Miller, REALTOR® member, has a son who returned from his 15 month deployment in Iraq.
• Jerald L. Licthfield and Jason L. Litchfield, husband and son of Kathy L. Licthfield, are past Armed Forces members.
• Son of Patty Kukla , LT Steven H. Kukla is a Naval Flight Officer assigned to the George Washington Aircraft Carrier.
  

MAR asks you keep these soldiers and their families in your thoughts this spring. Know someone serving our country that is a REALTOR® member or related to a member? Send that information to jkras@mirealtors.com to be used in future announcements.