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| Iraq |
| Couple celebrates promotion to CW3 together |
| 2004-01-08 |
| New Yearâs Day was a memorable holiday for soldiers at Baghdad International Airport (BIAP), especially for a married couple reunited for their joint promotion to Chief Warrant Officer Three (CW3). Chief Warrant Officer Sharon Gibbs and her husband Chief Warrant Officer Cecil Gibbs were promoted Jan. 1. Sharon, 1st Armored Divisionâs chief of strength management, is stationed at BIAP. Cecil is the chief of supply maintenance for 19th Support Center, 3rd Corps Support Command, in Camp Doha, Kuwait. âI could not have asked for anything better,â said Sharon, who found out they had made the selection list together for CW3 Dec. 11, 2003. âItâs a blessing to be promoted together,â said Cecil. The couple met at Warrant Officer Candidate School at Fort Rucker, Ala. They were married in Virginia in December 1999. Cecil deployed to Kuwait in February 2003 and Sharon entered Iraq three months later. âI didnât want her to come here because I was concerned about her welfare,â said Cecil. âNow I am glad she came and things worked out.â The couple has made the most of being in Operation Iraqi Freedom by seeing each other every chance they get, with the help of their commands. Cecil flew to Baghdad to celebrate their wedding anniversary Dec. 29 and Sharon recently spent leave at Camp Doha with her husband. âWe didnât think we would see each other,â said Sharon. âI think the deployment has strengthened our marriage a lot.â The longest the couple has been physically together since their wedding day is seven months. Before deploying they served together at Wiesbaden Army Airfield, Germany. âSometimes it is hard because of long work hours and being apart,â said Sharon. âBut I feel our careers and being soldiers has been better since we have each other.â âItâs great,â said Cecil on being a dual military couple. âMy advice is to trust in God and everything else will fall in place.â |
| Posted by:Chuck Simmins |