SSG Rukeya Hall - US Army

She too agreed that her daughter is not better than those who did not make it "but we can only be thankful to God for bringing my child back", she said.

While Rukeya was away, her mother played the role of both mother and grandmother. She thanked the mayor and all those who took up their busy schedules to attend the welcome-home celebration.

The Liberian born US Staff Sergeant, in acknowledging the honor from her family and friends, promised to continue on the path "God" has put her on. She said service to God and country was a significant virtue of Life.

In an exclusive interview with our reporter shortly following the formal ceremony, Sgt. Rukeya Hall said she was happy to be back home to re-group with her family. She said Iraq is a hard place to be, and that, she has been finding it very difficult to deal with those grueling situations in which she saw tragedy by her door step. She said one has to be strong to try to survive in Iraq.

Rukeya advised young people interested in joining the military to de dedicated to service and be prepared to make sacrifices which will help them to succeed. She said freedom is something that has to be fought for regardless of which country one is in.

October 2005 made Rukeya 13 years in the US army. She said after serving for all those years, she sees the military as her life time career.

Contact us if you know of any Liberian who has been as successful as Staff Sergeant Rukeya Hall of Winder, Georgia, USA.  editor@runningafrica.com

 
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Although public corporations have been a part of our national life, they remain basically unproductive and obscure in the general policy approach toward national development, a status they no doubt find convenient. While toiling in obscurity, they manage communication, power generation, airport and seaport, petroleum, agriculture, housing and insurance. Public Corporations remain an important partner in reconstituting Liberia’s economy and in many ways the bedrock for economic stimulus. I am confident that Six Sigma can play an important role of reducing variations and defects in various processes and improve operational excellence at all levels. 

Although public corporations have been a part of our national life, they remain basically unproductive and obscure in the general policy approach toward national development, a status they no doubt find convenient. While toiling in obscurity, they manage communication, power generation, airport and seaport, petroleum, agriculture, housing and insurance. Public Corporations remain an important partner in reconstituting Liberia’s economy and in many ways the bedrock for economic stimulus. I am confident that Six Sigma can play an important role of reducing variations and defects in various

 

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Posted January 1,  2006

SSG Rukeya Hall Smells her flowers after tough Iraq mission

 

On this New Year's day, there can be  nothing more rewarding and sobering than seeing a Liberian native reflect on the Herculean task performed in Iraq where the United States launched a war against the regime of Saddam Huessein, in an apparent attempt to rid that country of WMD - Weapons of Mass Destruction.

Staff Sergeant Rukeya Hall of the US army was honored to have her family and the people of a small George town of Winder celebrate her return from Iraq where she has been on mission from June - 2004 to June - 2005. She emerged one of America's heroes and heroines after withstanding the tough job of battling insurgents who had launched an all out campaign aimed at disgracefully expelling the Americans from that war torn country. Rukeya fought a great fight in service to the American people, and to the extent of painfully seeing a comrade die in her arms.

During the July 31st Winder celebration in her honor, Uncle Rudolph Perry reminded her that her safe return from such mission did not mean she was better than those who did not return alive. But it meant that there was just a lot to thank God for. He told her to always keep closer to God and not let the "Bible get dusty".

Several gifts and plagues were presented to the 32 year-old energetic mother of five who took the courage to depart from her young children and put her life on the line for a country she was not born in. Rukeya's friends lauded her for the bravery and hope that God will carry her through in the remaining 7 years of her tenure in the US Army.

Mayor Harold Money of Auburn who attended the ceremony, spoke highly of SSG Rukeya Hall's success,  acknowledging how much he and the honoree had in common - meaning he too joined the US Air Force at a very young age and accepted the military as a career as Sgt. Hall did. He said he and Rukeya both had one person (Jesus Christ) to look up to. He thanked Rukeya for her service and wished her the best in years to come.

Rukeya Hall's mother - a long time travel agency entrepreneur in Winder, Georgia - USA, is herself a veteran soldier.

  She was one of the first women to be recruited in the Liberian army in the early days,  in what was then called the Frontier Force. Joyce Deline worked several important assignments, including traveling around the world with Liberia's 19th President, William R. Tolbert who was assassinated by a military junta led by a Master Sergeant of the army, Samuel K. Doe.

At her daughter's welcome-home party, she recounted her days in the army and said she was proud that history was repeating itself on her.

Joyce, who later broke down in tears of happiness, told the audience that when her daughter was going to war, she did not cry as she did in her days when she (Joyce) was called up for tough assignments in her native Liberia. She said all she taught of when Rukeya was leaving for battle, was to give some words of inspiration with all the sincere hope that her daughter would return home safely. She said on Rukeya's birthday, America lost two marines - one in the Sergeant's arms, and the Rukeya herself came close.

 

  

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