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Coming
back to a new home
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Sergeant
Peter is warmly welcomed by his wife Kylie and children
Shane, 3, and Emma-Jane, 6.
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DEPLOYING
to a foreign country in a military capacity for three months is
difficult for any Air Force member, but when you have a young family
and your house has recently burnt down, it’s especially hard.
Sergeant Peter and his wife Kylie lost their house to a fire on
Boxing Day last year, and with Peter in Kyrgyzstan with No. 84 Wing
Detachment since June, the task of building a new house has been
largely left to Kylie.
Reunited on the tarmac at RAAF Base Richmond on the afternoon of
September 29, Peter was clearly glad to be in the arms of Kylie
and his two children, Shane, 3, and Emma-Jane, 6.
He was also looking forward to seeing his new home for the first
time later that day.
“It’s good to be back,” Peter, a Maintenance Officer
with No. 285 Squadron, beamed.
“But we achieved some good goals over there, not only with
refuelling the aircraft, but the work we did with the locals in
the community.”
In a country where poverty is prevalent, Peter and his colleagues
spent a lot of their precious spare time visiting local orphanages
and homeless shelters, helping with maintenance and repairs.
“As far as the refuelling goes, we had a 98 per cent mission
success rate, and while those stats are good, I thought the impact
we had in the community was just as important,” he said.
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