The Indiana Medical Licensing Board on Thursday lifted the emergency suspension of a Fort Wayne oncologist who in January was charged with leading police on a high-speed chase while having illegal drugs in his system. Dr.FORT WAYNE – More than a dozen troops from northeast Indiana are sending holiday cheer by way of video.
Every year, the military communications website DVIDS (Defense Video and Imagery Distribution System) allows servicemen and women to post video greetings for any occasion.
More than 5,100 have uploaded salutations, according to the DVIDS website.
Among northeast Indiana troops, the following serving abroad have recorded video greetings:
Senior Airman John Barnets, Spc. Damien Bland, Capt. Michael Brandt, Spc. Terry Colgrove, Pfc. Steven Drew, Petty Officer 2nd Class Robert Franke, Spc. Jonathan Jones, Melissa S’Chevalier and her children (family stationed abroad) and 1st Lt. Melissa Lymon, all from Fort Wayne; Maj. Hanling Joswick from Warsaw; Staff Sgt. Joy Dulen from Syracuse; Senior Airman Zachary Merryman from Huntington; and Cpl. Brian Zuvers from Angola.
The brief comments were filmed at each service member’s current location. Those locations are as far-flung as Germany and Japan.
“I’d like to wish my friends and family back home a Merry Christmas,” Bland says as the desert wind whips an American flag behind him at Camp Mike Spann in Afghanistan.
Other greetings are more tailored for their stateside audience.
In her holiday recording, Dulen name-checks “beautiful Lake Wawasee” before sending her parents a friendly reminder from Camp Arifjan in Kuwait.
“Mom, I love you and miss you,” she says. “I’m sorry I have to miss the holidays with you. I’ll see you soon.
“And Dad, don’t have any vespers without me. We’ll be cruising on the lake next summer.”
All of the holiday greetings can be viewed here.
