Independent voices from the TWT Communities
A homemade wind chime with the word "Whining" under a red slash is made from metal parts put in his leg after a parachute accident. Every Sunday he trims his crew cut. He didn't join the Army willingly, but as Command Sgt. Maj. Jeff Mellinger prepares to retire, he's grateful he found his calling.
Sgt. Maj. Mellinger immediately embraced Ms. Stephenson, she said.
"It was the most compassionate, caring hug around me that I ever have received from a stranger. It was very comforting," said Ms. Stephenson, 44, of Rosemount, Minn.
