Airport worker goes extra mile for troops
Efficiently, quietly and humbly, Jim Carter honors and assists soldiers arriving at the Piedmont Triad Airport. Officially, Carter is both the airport security coordinator and the communications supervisor.
When contacted about a soldier of any military branch returning from Iraq, Jim Carter devotes time to those serving our country and their families. Carter clears family members through security checks and escorts them to the gate to meet their soldier or to say goodbye.
More than a just part of his job, Carter has a ministry of honoring and paying respect to members of the military serving overseas.
A 28-year veteran of the Marines, Carter served in Vietnam and remembers returning home to a less-than-warm welcome. Instead of harboring bitterness, he has chosen to extend a generous welcome to our country's soldiers. Recently my son-in-law, Army Capt. Ben Shepherd, came home for a two-week leave.
My family experienced firsthand the wonder of someone caring to make both the arrival and departure of our soldier especially meaningful. My deepest gratitude goes to Jim Carter, who continues to serve his country.
Bettie Stocks Rhodes
Reidsville
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Once a marine, always a marine. Eh, mrp?
Posted on February 1, 2006 7:45 AM
Semper Fi! All I can say is God bless Mr. Carter. I salute him and those like him scattered around this country.
Posted on February 1, 2006 4:32 PM