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as guard units continue to get deployed overseas, they leave a void in the Governor’s resour, ces for state emergency response. The defense force is in place - to provide an organized, profes,. t sional state military force, that exclusively responds to state , ,. needs,” said Lieutenant Colonel ,. Paul Hrynkiewich, 23rd Batta, a v lion’s Commanding Officer. Hrynkiewich himself is a , * Vietnam veteran with 22 years ,, in the U.S. Army Reserve. Like . ; Harden, the 58-year old Fairfax man was moved to act after the > v, terrorist attacks of September ,, 11,2001. Because he had retired , from the Army, he could not return to federal service. , Hrynkiewich knew about the . , Virginia Defense Force from his Army Reserve time in the 80th Infantry Division, headquar, , tered in Virginia. When it , , became apparent that he could, i n’t return to the Army, he decid, ed the Defense Force was a place where his skills and expe, . riences could be used. “For me it’s an opportunity , to use all the skills that I’ve developed over the years and , r- see them all laid out...to see what . „ contributions I can make. Very few other places can you see the results of your contribution so ,, clearly,” said Lt. Col. r' Hrynkiewich.
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