Hall sisters reunite in Iraq

Courtesy Photo | Staff Sgt. Anna Hall, supply sergeant for 126th Military Police Company, with her sister Maj. Teresa Hall, S-2 for 48th Brigade Combat Team at Camp Victory in January. The sisters had a rare opportunity to visit with each other weeks before Staff Sgt. Hall was scheduled to return to the States after completion of her year-long tour in Iraq.  

BAGHDAD, IRAQ

01.31.2006

Courtesy Story

363rd Public Affairs Detachment

By Sgt. Kristin Kemplin
363rd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment

CAMP LIBERTY, Iraq -- There are benefits to serving in the military with a higher ranking sibling. But for the Hall sisters, the benefits of rank are overshadowed by the benefit of being the oldest.

"She can run but she can't hide. I can find her and still boss her around," said Maj. Teresa Hall jokingly. Her younger sister, Staff Sgt. Anna Hall, nodded in agreement.

"She says that a lot, and believe me " it's true," said Staff Sgt. Hall. "She forgets who used to make her sandwiches."

The two sisters, deployed to different base camps in Iraq, had a rare opportunity to visit Jan. 13 a few weeks prior to Staff Sgt. Hall's redeployment to the states. Sitting in the Camp Liberty division dining facility for dinner, the two reminisced about the seven-month overlap of their deployment to Iraq.

Staff Sgt. Hall, supply sergeant for the 126th Military Police Company, New Mexico National Guard, arrived at Camp Liberty at the beginning of last year. Maj. Hall, an intelligence officer with 48th Brigade Combat Team, deployed to Camp Stryker in June 2005. The two have not had many opportunities to see each other "because of the high op tempo," Major Hall recalled.

But when Maj. Hall, now working at Camp Tahlil, was scheduled to attend a meeting in the area in January, she contacted her sister to arrange a visit.

"It doesn't hurt to have a supply sergeant sister because she can help get me travel arrangements and billeting for the visit," Maj. Hall laughed. "I might be a little biased, but she might be the best supply sergeant in the whole freakin" Army."

"Having my sister here made my first deployment easier to cope with," said Staff Sgt. Hall.

Although they will part ways in the coming weeks, the sisters will continue to communicate as they have for the last seven months, by e-mail and occasional phone calls.

• Date Taken: 01.31.2006
• Date Posted: 01.31.2006 11:49
• Story ID: 5255
• Location: BAGHDAD, IQ