| | VAQ-209 Sailor masters the desert |
 | | When Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Roger Etherington, personnel specialist, stepped off the C-130 in Al Asad, Iraq, last summer, he had no idea how much work lay ahead for him and a small advanced team to prepare the facilities Electronic Attack Squadron 209 and subsequent Navy units would need to perform combat operations. |
 | | While the Marine Corps and Army had established a significant presence on the former Iraqi Air Force base following the 2003 United States invasion, the Navy had operated from the base only sporadically. |
 | | ‘‘Finding a replacement will be extremely difficult if not impossible, but the ‘can do’ attitude he exhibited during Operation Iraqi Freedom could not help but rub off on his fellow Sailors and lead the Star Warriors into an extremely successful future.” (Courtesy of the Electronic Attack Squadron 209) |
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