Elon journalism major Alexandra Hemmerly-Brown was deployed to the Middle East in June 2006 as a member of the U.S. Army Reserves 210th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment. During her year in Iraq, she will chronicle her experiences in an Elon blog. Details...
Brown is from Blue Hill, Maine, and is the daughter of Jane and Daniel Hemmerly-Brown. As a public affairs specialist, Hemmerly-Brown writes stories, takes photographs, produces a newspaper and works with members of the news media. She is scheduled to be stationed in Iraq for about a year, and plans to return to her studies at Elon following her tour of duty.
Hemmerly-Brown will keep the Elon community informed about her experiences through a special blog. Her first entry was posted June 14. Read this special blog at the link below… and continue to check back for updates throughout the next year….