2010年11月10日 星期三

Citizen soldier does her part to preserve freedom

Smiles come easily and often for Lynn Rydberg. So does a robust laugh.

Keeping a positive attitude is important for someone like Rydberg,A baseball cap is a type of soft cap with a long, stiff brim that may either be curved or flat. a registered nurse. For the past 24 years she has developed the skills that allow her to flow seemlessly between two worlds — the world of an OB nurse at Unity Hospital in Fridley and a flight nurse with the U.edhardywholesaleamiim,Cheap ed hardy,ed hardy caps,ED Hardy T Shirt.S. Air Force Reserves.

Smiles and a good-natured laugh can be beneficial work tools when dealing with parents and a new arrival, or a soldier wounded in battle and in need of medical care. Wearing two hats can be a challenge, but the 56-year-old Forest Lake woman has adapted well to the two worlds.

She is one of many citizen soldiers living in the community, carrying on her daily life and profession while serving her country, both here and often in foreign lands where harm’s way is always close at hand.

Duty in the war zone will come again soon for Lt. Col. Rydberg when she leaves next month for a four-month deployment in Afghanistan.pumashoes11coffeetarianBuy men's shoes,cheap coogi jeans,nike air max,puma shoes,wholesale shoes,womenhandbagstouringinth from china wholesale cheap online accept paypal store. Rydberg’s air evacuation unit of the Air Force Reserves 934th Air Wing has been notified of its active duty.

Dual Life

On most days, Rydberg will drive from home in Forest Lake to the Fridley hospital where she has worked in the Obstetrics Department since 1987.

But not all days.

As a flight nurse with the Air Force Reserve unit, Rydberg is obligated to five to 10 days of duty each month at the Air Base adjacent to Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport, plus mandated weekend training and supervisory duties that come with her rank.Check out our cheaplvblogsbftforg for the lastest news from Vegas.

There are deployments, too, plus the regular volunteer assignments that Rydberg has accepted, knowing full well that the need for flight nurses remains high.

It’s duty that has intensified over the past decade following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 and the subsequent military operations and the war on terrorism.

Like the troops fighting on the front lines and those in support roles, Rydberg sees her role as an Air Force nurse an equally important function in this war.

“There is a cost to freedom,” she said. “I’m doing my part.”

Early Days

A native of Le Sueur, Rydberg got an early taste of in life for the military. Fresh out of high school in 1973, she enlisted in the Navy and spent four years in San Diego with a job far removed from her current profession.

She was a Navy photographer during that stint. She worked as a portrait photographer, shot pictures of formal Naval events and would be called out to photograph crime scenes or plane crashes.

By definition, she is a Vietnam era vet. “I’ve hit every war since,” Rydberg said.

It was in San Diego where she met her husband-to-be, Randy Rydberg, an active duty Marine who had served in Vietnam and was stationed at Camp Pendleton.

At the conclusion of her enlistment in 1977, she moved east with her husband who was assigned to the Cherry Point Marine Base in North Carolina.

They remained at Cherry Point for three years before moving home to Minnesota in 1980 where both enrolled at Mankato State University in four year programs — Lynn in nursing and Randy in health science where he earned certification as a paramedic and later a master’s degree in health administration.


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