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| Soldier Stays in the Loop |
| 2008-04-01 |
| One has to be far, far away to be nostalgic for the Capital Beltway. Beltway = Interstate 495, with an Inner Loop (clockwise) and Outer Loop (counterclockwise) and heavy traffic 18 hours a day. Like Afghanistan. That's where 2nd Lt. Beth Sutey, a Burke native, is stationed with the 495th Movement Control Team, a logistics planning unit based near Khost. The unit has adopted the Beltway's Interstate 495 logo. 495th Movement Control Team = Interstate 495! I like it! Her father, Bill Sutey, a Capitol Hill staffer and Army retiree, recognized the morale value of having a bit of home to rally around. So, after a few e-mails, he got the Virginia Department of Transportation to donate a couple of authentic, reflective, red-white-and-blue 495 signs to the unit. "They're proud of who they are and what they're doing," Sutey said. "And imagine how memorable it will be to land at Forward Operating Base Salerno and see those Beltway signs." The signs were mailed to Afghanistan on Tuesday. Hopefully, people there will have an easier time figuring out that whole inner loop vs. outer loop thing. A feel-good story in lsat Thursday's WaPo, page B03. |
| Posted by:Bobby |