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Sgt. First Class Jeff Thacker returned to Luverne in March after 18 months overseas with the Army National Guard.
He presented a combat mission American flag to the Rock County Ambulance to be displayed in Sanford Luverne Emergency Services offices.
“Everyone was really supportive of me while I was gone and I wanted to show my appreciation for them,” Thacker said.
The flag was flown by a combat aviation brigade with crew members throughout Iraq, Jordan and Syria.
The flag was aboard a United States UH-60M Blackhawk Helicopter on a Medivac mission supporting Operation Inherent Resolve.
Thacker has been with the Army National Guard since 2005 and has been an emergency medical technician at Sanford Luverne since 2015.
He lives in Luverne with his wife, Cheryl.
Fellow ambulance crew members welcomed Thacker home with a supper, cake and gift card during their monthly training meeting April 6 at Sanford Luverne.