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  Duckworth on homefront as husband off to war
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News DateSaturday, June 30, 2007 04:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionBy Mary Ann Fergus
Tribune staff reporter
Published June 29, 2007

Tammy Duckworth knows what it's like to be a soldier who kissed her spouse goodbye and went off to war in Iraq. She also knows what it's like to come home grievously wounded.

Now Duckworth, the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs director who lost her legs during her 2004 deployment, is experiencing yet another reality of military life.

Her husband, Maj. Bryan Bowlsbey of the Illinois National Guard, arrived this month in the Middle East for his first tour of duty, directing convoys from Kuwait into Iraq several times a week.

Bowlsbey was mainly concerned with preparing his unit as he approached his deployment, she said, but he also took some extra precautions for his own safety. Duckworth said they bought extra armor for him.

"We certainly don't need another amputee in the family," she said and laughed.
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