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They also happen to be father and son.
“When I first saw my dad in Kuwait a few weeks ago, it was a breath of fresh air,” said Spc. Tyler Goldsberry, a black hawk mechanic with the 2nd General Support Battalion, 104th Aviation Regiment. “It was a new, but very familiar face when I saw him walk up to me for the first time on base.”
Chief Warrant Officer Craig Goldsberry and Tyler Goldsberry, originally from Cross Lanes, W.Va., are both deployed to Southwest Asia. Although they are both in Kuwait together at the moment, Tyler Goldsberry is set to redeploy back to W. Va. in the coming weeks.
West Virginia guardsmen cross paths while deployed
Tyler Goldsberry (left) and his father, Craig Goldsberry
CAMP BEUHRING, Kuwait (WVVA) - After being separated for almost a year, a father and son were able to reconnect while deployed in Kuwait.
Both men are West Virginia Army National Guardsmen, Chief Warrant Officer Craig Goldsberry and his son, Specialist Tyler Goldsberry. When I first saw my dad in Kuwait a few weeks ago, it was a breath of fresh air, said Tyler Goldsberry. It was a new, but very familiar face when I saw him walk up to me for the first time on base.