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A 59-year-old Florida National Guard Soldier serving in Iraq got an early Father's Day present recently as he met up with his 21-year-old grandson, who is also deployed to the combat zone. Staff Sgt. Paul Weekley, a member of B Company, 146th Signal Battalion, reunited with his grandson Spc. Cory Lincourt briefly at Victory Base Complex shortly before Father's Day. Lincourt is an Air and Missile Defense crewmember attached to the 108th Airborne Brigade. Prior to deploying to Iraq last Fall, Weekley said he hoped to cross paths with grandson while in Southwest Asia. "If I can get over there and get with him, I'm gonna try," Weekley said before his unit left Florida. "It isn't every day you get a grandfather and grandson serving together over there." Weekley is also a Vietnam veteran, and joined the Florida National Guard in 1973. His unit is based in Pensacola, Fla., and is scheduled to return later this year.
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Camp Victory, Baghdad, Iraq - A 59-year-old Florida National Guard Soldier serving in Iraq got an early Father's Day present recently as he met up with his 21-year-old grandson, who is also deployed to the combat zone. Staff Sgt. Paul Weekley, a member of B Company, 146th Signal Battalion, reunited with his grandson Spc. Cory Lincourt briefly at Victory Base Complex shortly before Father's Day. Lincourt is an Air and Missile Defense crewmember attached to the 108th Airborne Brigade. Prior to deploying to Iraq last Fall, Weekley said he hoped to cross paths with grandson while in Southwest Asia. "If I can get over there and get with him, I'm gonna try," Weekley said before his unit left Florida. "It isn't every day you get a grandfather and grandson serving together over there." Weekley is also a Vietnam veteran, and joined the Florida National Guard in 1973. His unit is based in Pensacola, Fla., and is scheduled to return later this year.


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