Captain Chad Cook Leaves
for Afghanistan
Captain Chad Cook was home on a short leave prior to leaving for active military duty in
Afghanistan, and we conducted an interview with him on February 23, 2004.
He is part of the largest deployment that has been called up from Camp
Dodge since World War II and will be away for a period of up to 18 months.
Chad has been in the National Guard for 18 years, but this the first
time he has been called to active duty. He has been the head football coach and
taught history and
psychology in the Gilbert school district for four years. In January
2004, he began a four-year term on the Gilbert city council. Chad's
immediate family includes his wife, an eight-year-old son, and a toddler
daughter. They live in Gilbert. We wish the best for the three of them
on the home front and for Chad on his tour of duty. Click the track
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01. How did you get involved
in the military?
02. Is this your first active
tour of duty?
03. What was it like to wait
to be called up?
04. How long will you be gone
and what will you be doing?
05. Is there some way you will
be sending reports back home?
06. What will your living
quarters, food, laundry and day-to-day arrangements be like?
07. What are your hopes and
fears in being called up?
08. Its easy to imagine
military people as being macho, but is there a tender side, too?
09. What sustains you in
situations such as being called up or serving in Afghanistan?
10. What is the most important
lesson you have learned from the military?
11. What is the role of a
captain, and what extra pressures will you have as a captain?
12. Will you need to counsel,
motivate, or reassure individual troop members?
13. What has living and
working in a small town meant to you?
14. What message would you
like to share with the people of the Gilbert schools?
15. How can people be
supportive of you and others who are called up?
16. What would you like to say
to the people of the Gilbert community?
17. What message would you
like to leave for your family? |
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