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Title
[Formal
military
portrait
of
Gail
S
.
Horn]
Date
Undated
Subject headings
United States--History--1945-
United States. Marine Corps--Women
Era
Post-Vietnam, Panama, Grenada (1975-1989)
Gulf War (1990-2000)
War on Terror, OEF, OIF (2001-Present)
Service branch
Marines--Women Marines
Item description
Formal
military
portrait
of
Gail
S
.
Horn
. in her
Officer
Service
Uniform
.
Veteran's name
Horn, Gail S. Enter
Veteran's biography
Gail
S
.
Enter
Horn
(b
.
1957)
served
in the
U.S
.
Marine
Corps
from
1984-2009
. She
retired
with the
rank
of
master
gunnery
sergeant
.
Gail
S
.
Horn
was
born
in
1957
and
grew
up
in
New
Ulm
,
Minnesota
.
After
completing
high
school
in
1976
, she
attended
Hutchison
Area
Vocational
Technical
Institute
for a
year
, and then
worked
as a
clerk
. She
married
a
member
of the
Marine
Corps
in
1978
, and was a
military
spouse
. Her
husband
was
assigned
to
Camp
Lejeune
in
North
Carolina
, and then
Kansas
City
.
Horn
signed
up
for
delayed
entry
into the
Marine
Corps
in
1983
,
attending
boot
camp
from
January
through
March
of
1984
.
Horn
then
attended
various
training
courses
in
avionics
, as
well
as
NCO
(Non-Commissioned
Officer)
School
. Her
first
duty
assignment
was
Marine
Corps
Air
Station
New
River
, in
Jacksonville
,
North
Carolina
. Then, in
1987
, she was
assigned
to
Marine
Corps
Air
Base
Cherry
Point
, in
Havelock
,
North
Carolina
. In
1991
, she
went
to
drill
instructor
duty
,
completing
training
and
eventually
becoming
a
senior
drill
instructor
.
Upon
completing
that
tour
of
duty
in
1995
, at
which
time
she was in the
process
of
divorcing
,
Horn
was
assigned
to
Marine
Corps
Air
Station
Beaufort
,
North
Carolina
. From there, her
unit
deployed
to
Iwakuni
,
Japan
in
1996
for
nine
months
.
Upon
her
return
,
Horn
requested
to
return
to
Japan
, and was
sent
to
Okinawa
for
three
years
, this
time
bringing
her
four
year
old
daughter
.
Horn
was then
assigned
to
Headquarters
Marine
Corps
as an
enlisted
career
counselor
, at
Quantico
,
Virginia
, and was there
when
9/11
occurred
. She was then
assigned
again
to
Marine
Corps
Air
Station
New
River
. From there, she
did
a
seven
month
deployment
to
Iraq
, from
June
of
2004
to
January
of
2005
,
based
at
Camp
Al-Taqaddum
, also
known
as
“TQ”
. She
retired
in
2008
as a
sergeant
major
and
master
gunnery
sergeant
.
Type
Image
Original format
photographs
Original publisher
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified]
Contributing institution
Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries
Source collection
WV0514 Gail S. Enter Horn Papers
Collection summary
April
2000
oral
history
interview
, "
Diamond
in the
Ruff
"
class
4029
flag
circa
1993-1994
,
graduation
invitation
,
photographs
,
cd
of
photographs
Rights statement
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Additional rights information
IN
COPYRIGHT
. This
item
is
subject
to
copyright
.
Contact
the
rights
holder
noted
above
for
permission
to
reuse
.
Object ID
WV0514.6.009
Digital publisher
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5304 --
http://library.uncg.edu/
OCLC number
914300588
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