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A Little Piece of Home on the Battlefield
Sheriff’s Deputy in Iraq Thanks DCSD, Jail Staff for Gifts
When Sheriff’s Deputy Kevin Rohr left the United States for a second tour of duty in Iraq, his friends and colleagues at the Decatur County Jail and the Sheriff’s Department came together to send a little piece of home to the battlefield.
Rohr is serving in the National Guard as part of the 38th Military Police Company. Earlier this year, he and his squad were the recipients of an immense care package organized by his co-workers. In that package were shower supplies, food items, card games, personal items and two large cornhole boards, fashioned by jail staffer Mike Robbins and his friend Tim Duncan. The cornhole boards, which are now being used by Rohr and his comrades in Iraq, were decorated with the logo of the Decatur County Sheriff’s Department, the state flag, the U.S. Army logo and the insignia for the National Guard.
According to Chief Sheriff’s Deputy Darin Lucas, the boards were a hit with the members of the 38th. The department keeps in touch with Rohr while churches, neighbors, schools and family continue sending him things that they hope will make the Middle East feel a little more like home.
“He’s really missing his home,” Deputy Michael Woodhull said.
He added that Rohr enjoys staying in touch and likes hearing about what is happening in the local law enforcement community.
Woodhull noted that from what he had heard, everyone in Rohr’s squad enjoyed the cornhole boards.
Earlier this month, Rohr sent a card to the department as well as a copy of the 38th Military Police Company’s newsletter, the Cyclone Tribune. The card thanked them for the boards, and Rohr noted that everyone had been enjoying them. The newsletter also singles out the staffs at the Decatur County Jail and the Sheriff’s Department for the boards, and gave them a special thanks. The 38th ended the month of September with their first company barbecue, where the soldiers were able to take a few hours to rest and play a couple of friendly games of cornhole.
While sharing a look at the pictures in the newsletter, Robbins noticed that the cornhole boards were dirty, something he was glad to see.
“That means they’ve been playing them,” he said.
Though the game of cornhole provides a welcome distraction to Rohr and his squad from the chaos around them, the danger is always there. Rohr explains in his card that “the area around here is getting bad now. We have found a road side bomb every day. I hope they don’t find us.”
Rohr is currently scheduled to be back home in February.
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