http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-0702150101feb15,1,4022685.story?coll=chi-news-hedDuckworth husband is headed to IraqNational Guard officer set to leave in MarchThe husband of Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs Director Tammy Duckworth is being deployed to Iraq, where his wife lost her legs in a helicopter crash before making a bid for Congress.
Maj. Brian Bowlsbey, 39, a longtime National Guardsman who lives in Hoffman Estates, said he did not consider seeking an exemption to allow him to remain with his wife.
"It's not something that we're really eager to do, but it's part of the job and we've trained for it for 19 years," he said Wednesday. "If you believe in the United States you stay in and you keep doing it and you accept the risk.
"I knew, sooner or later,
, there just aren't that many people, and I'm one of the only ones who haven't been and some of the Guard have been twice," he said. "It's going to be difficult and we've done some planning, although I want to emphasize, everyone has these life issues, everyone that deploys has them."