When the Guard called me and said they had a job for me, it was just what I needed. This is not the first time the 126th has pulled duty at Istres, deploying here twice in 1998. At Istres, the 126th blends into the main unit, the 16th Expeditionary Operations Group. Lamm said he'd be one of the first to volunteer again. It's all along the lines of what's in it for the unit, not the individual.
People volunteer to participate before they're asked.
That's what makes these deployments great. We all want to be here.