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"They don't necessarily know hero and shies away from _ _‘, :55» A? ”W what they're gettingimo." the idea. , i; ’51-? 3&5: $5 2; He stood by his wife when she With 28 years of service in the I 45‘:;§ 5'. «he; said she wanted to venture over- (lanadian Armed Forces. and nine ‘ ‘ ' W-W seas because she has always . tours of duty, including Rwanda . ,3“: backed him up. and Iraq. he was quite happy not ;: . , “I always ask ifshe doesn‘t want he pui in the limelight ‘ ' - x _ '1 me to go.“ lacklin said. “She's sup- So when he arrived at his moth ‘ f ' . _ { ported me any time there's a mis- er‘s home in Waterloo Saturday. I , ‘ =‘ 3" sion that comes up.” after his most recent tour in . . » Drew and Devin went abroad Afghanistan. he winged with the _ , , if; u with a little help from their dad. realization she had oigani/ed a ‘ 7 .. ' g. . ' who saw other forces‘ kids coming welcome home barbecue for him 1‘ e . ©â€" ., .. over and thought. "Why the heck l v and united more than IOU faini- . ‘ Y . l 3% not have my own kids come over?" l ly members. friends. politicians 1 , . . 3"“ ‘1 ‘ ' “f1:- '2 The twins retum in December. I and media. ‘2 . 3-3% ' _ ‘ His daughter lessica. currently : ‘ Ihe iellois ribbons adorning . , " “5% i' 7 studying to be a nurse. has been 1 exert tree on I ilkt‘\lt'\\' Drive ' if“? i . ,.‘-’ ' . the mainstay, holding down the ‘ tipped him till. it 5 a” ' ‘3‘ , .. ,. V"? . ,. " home while the rest of the family “I‘m leaving." lds’lsllll said .is he I". .231; .. took trips overseas. Service is walked tip the dri\ena\‘ and into a ‘ ' :93 are - ‘ .- indeed a family affair for Iacklin. loiigeinbraee trom his mother ‘- 4: .3. : ' ' inspired by his grandfather who susan Milligan. lat Idin‘s moth “I ' fl “cheated his way into the war." er. said the event was about giung i’ " ' “He was blind as a bat." Milli- (‘anadian troops the itpplt’t’ldlIUII "M gan said. "He memorized the eye they deserve. ' Chan to get in. "I feel \i-ry strongly that our "They found him out when he troops desene all the praise we _; got to England (during the Second give them." \IiIIigaii said "I (out ‘ ‘ WorldWar) and heended upwitha mend them tor II as long as the) . 9,. . desk job.” tomebackhoine‘ ‘f’ Regardless, lacklin said his Seriiiig mostly III the t‘tHIlIIIU' ' s grandpainspired his decision. niruiinns held. [at klin said the ' "I knew he would be proud of hero's vseleonu- uasii't tlt'seried. . y _ ‘ . . . y me if I joined the military." lacklin "I don't think I ”an“, A,“ ”f Susan Milligan and son, Warrant Officer Gary Jacklin, sharea'laugh Saturday at Milligans LakeVIew Drive home. said. "When I was climbing up the the spotlight." m ”I“ ‘I “Mm out Jazklin recently returned from a Canadian Armed Forces mi55ion in Afghanistan. mm “Whom ranks. I though 'I want to be a fighting the fight sargeant like my grandpa.” "I'm okat '.\lllIUt|l getting the ries mi- " she said. Iaeklin’s mfe Tina completed six paving roads to help farmers get Iacklin continued to climb the hoopla I'm pist .i gin doing the lacklin left for Mghaiiistan in months of civilian service manage their produce to be sold." lacklin ranks and hasn't quite decided - rob " August L'lllt) and returned about mg a Tim Horton's on base. cofiee said. "We're trying to give them when hewill retire. - ‘ Ihough be do“ nplmed the two weeks ago He commanded being what lacklin called “the opportunities so they can help "It's always a thought of when seriousness of his sen ire. lill‘kllll about 80 troops during his tour lifeblood of the military.” themselves. to get out.” laCinn said. “For noW. admitted Afghanistan did pose He has st'n't‘d in the past in His twin sons Drew and Devin. "We don't want to turn them it'sajob." some dangers. with his troops Rwanda. Iraq. Golan Heights. ( en 24, are currently serving civilian into us. Hopefully there will be And despite being a little under attack. tral (\fI’It an Republic and Uganda, contracts as part of the decon~ those opportunities to get better embarrassed Saturday by his I “We had some i lose i aIIs." be mostly as part of United Nations striietion crew. With the end of education and to haveabetter life. mother's trickery. lacklin had no said peat ekeeping and aid missions. ('anada's combat role in the mud “That's all I really care about.” complaints. ‘ Mulligan said she thinks her son His first tour was Iraq in I988. try completed last month. lacklin The soldier said he was proud “(Afghanistan) was hot and dry leaves the details out to spare her What set his service in said it was about improving lives. of his wife and sons for contribut- and just a whole lot of army and a the stress. 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