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Title
[Rosie
Noel
in
Marine
utility
uniform
,
circa
2005]
Date
2005
Date approximate?
yes
Subject headings
Iraq War, 2003-2011
Afghan War, 2001-
United States. Marine Corps--Women
Era
War on Terror, OEF, OIF (2001-Present)
Service branch
Marines
Item description
Rosie
Noel
poses
on a
beach
in her
Marine
Corps
Combat
Utility
Uniform
in
woodland
camouflage
,
circa
2005
.
Veteran's name
Noel, Rosie Grosshans
Veteran's biography
Rosie
Grosshans
Noel
(b
.
1967)
of
Warren
,
Michigan
served
in
aviation
electronics
of the
Marine
Corps
from
1988
to
2009
.
Rosie
Grosshans
Noel
was
born
in
1967
in
Warren
,
Michigan
, and
grew
up
in
Michigan
.
After
graduating
from
high
school
in
1985
, she
went
to
Northern
Michigan
University
.
Upon
graduation
, she
enlisted
in the
United
States
Marine
Corps
in
1988
.
Noel
attended
basic
training
at
Parris
Island
,
South
Carolina
. She was then
sent
to
Millington
,
Tennessee
for
training
from
August
of
1988
to
February
of
1989
. Her
next
training
, in
specialized
aviation
, was in
Lemoore
,
California
. Her
first
duty
station
was at
Parris
Island
,
where
she
worked
as an
aviation
electrician
.
While
there, she
received
training
in
micro-miniature
repair
,
which
led
to a
Military
Occupational
Specialty
conversion
from
aviation
electrician
to
micro-miniature
repair
technician
.
Noel
remained
at
Parris
Island
from
1989
to
1996
, and
married
a
fellow
Marine
.
Noel
then
went
to
Pensacola
,
Florida
in
1996
, as an
instructor
in
aviation
electronics
. She then
returned
to
Parris
Island
for
drill
instructor
duty
from
1999
to
2001
. Her
next
duty
station
was
Beaufort
Air
Station
to be
co-located
with her
husband
. She was then
assigned
to
Japan
for
ten
months
in
2004
, then
returned
to
Beaufort
Air
Station
, at
which
time
she and her
husband
divorced
.
Noel
requested
to be
assigned
to a
forward
unit
deploying
to
Iraq
,
Marine
Aircraft
Wing
26
,
which
arrived
in
Iraq
in
February
2005
for a
year-long
deployment
at
Al
Asad
Airbase
.
On
August
27th
,
2005
,
approximately
halfway
through
that
deployment
,
Noel
was
wounded
by
shrapnel
from
indirect
mortar
fire
. She
received
medical
care
at
Al
Asad
, and was
airlifted
to
Balad
Air
Base
.
Though
she was
going
to be
moved
to
Landstuhl
,
Germany
and then
Bethesda
,
Maryland
, she
requested
to
return
to
Al
Asad
and
did
so
,
returning
on the
28th
of
August
and
remaining
to
complete
her
deployment
.
After
her
deployment
to
Iraq
,
Noel
returned
to the
United
States
and
served
until
2009
,
when
she
retired
with the
rank
of
master
gunnery
sergeant
. As of
2011
, she
worked
for the
Second
Marine
Division
Association
as a
civilian
.
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
WV0516 Rosie Grosshans Noel Papers
Collection summary
2011
oral
history
interview
and
copies
of
photographs
.
Rights statement
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Additional rights information
IN
COPYRIGHT
. This
item
is
subject
to
copyright
.
Contact
the
rights
holder
noted
above
for
permission
to
reuse
.
Object ID
WV0516.6.005
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
900815111
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