Army Reserve Sgt. 1st Class Sonya R. Driskell
Army Reserve Sgt. 1st Class Sonya R. Driskell has returned to the 576th Transportation Control Company, Panama City, Fla., after being deployed to an overseas forward operating base in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Operation Iraqi Freedom is the official name given to military operations involving members of the U.S. armed forces and coalition forces participating in efforts to free and secure Iraq. Mission objectives focus on force protection, peacekeeping, stabilization, security and counter-insurgency operations as the Iraqi transitional governing bodies assume full sovereign powers to govern the peoples of Iraq.
Members from all branches of the U.S. military and multinational forces are also assisting in rebuilding Iraq’s economic and governmental infrastructure, and training and preparing Iraqi military and security forces to assume full authority and responsibility in defending and preserving Iraq’s sovereignty and independence as a democracy.
Driskell is a transportation team leader with 20 years of military service.
She is the daughter of Joe Johnson of Fort Myers, Fla.
The sergeant is a 1988 graduate of Mosely High School, Panama City, Fla.