Kids & Family
Gwinnett Sons Serving to Boost Agriculture in Afghanistan
Andrew Wexel and Bobby Clower, whose families call Lilburn home, are deployed for a year-long mission to teach Afghan people sustainable farming practices.
When Andrew Wexel left Georgia in February bound for a year-long mission in Afghanistan his mother Laurie felt a knot of anxiety.
This would be the first deployment for her 24-year-old son, and it was something he asked to do.
"I was wondering if the last time I saw his face on the bus at his send off would be the last time I saw him," she said.
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Wexel, along with another Lilburn son Bobby Clower, is a member of the security detail of the 265th Regional Support Group out of the National Guard Armory at Metter, Ga. About 50 specialists in the unit currently are deployed to help Afghan people -- ravaged by war and drought -- boost their farming practices.
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