America's North Shore Journal

She sat comfortably on stage, reading aloud a tumble of lyrics to a crowd of listening service members. Poetry flowed from her lips to their ears, as Staff Sgt. Reagan Gardley gave one last reading at the Camp Liberty’s Morale, Welfare and Recreation center before she redeploys to her home in to Bremerton, Wash. Gardley’s deployment with the 345th Medical Detachment is almost complete and she credits her own writing in keeping her strong through this deployment. “I have a hard time expressing how I feel verbally,” Gardley said. “There have been times during this deployment where as a team leader I have (had) to come head to head with (fellow Soldiers). When I could not speak, I would write my thoughts out. Then I was able to speak.” After attending various MWR poetry … Read entire article »