A party honoring those who serve

Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007

Click here to enlarge this photo Staff Photos By Darwin Weigel E-Mail This Article | Print This Story Click here to enlarge this photo Navy reservist and Iraq war veteran Moises Velasquez and his wife Angel, left, of Lusby and Marine reservist and Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Dfc. Ricky Cox and his wife Susie of Chesapeake Beach talk at the party. Velasquez has completed one tour of duty in Iraq and is getting ready for a second and Cox did a tour during the invasion in 2003 and another tour in 2004 as a full duty Marine.

Calvert County Republicans Shawn Tallant, left, and Bob Wood, right, talk with Navy reservist and Iraq war veteran Chris Schumacher and his wife Christy at the Calvert County Republican Central Committee Christmas party for area troops Saturday, Dec. 8, at the Holiday Inn Express in Prince Frederick. The Great Mills soldier recently received the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation with Valor for saving a fellow soldier while under attack in the Iraq war for which he has completed two tours as a Navy hospital corpsman.