CONTACT: Eric Durr, 518-786-4581

FOR RELEASE: Saturday, May 10, 2008

ON SITE: Lt. Col. Paul Fanning in Afghanistan at paul.a.fanning@afghan.swa.army.mil, or Cell: 0798010642

WHO:

Staff Sergeant Linda Nosbisch of Lancaster, N.Y.

WHAT:

A mom from Western New York stationed in Afghanistan with the New York Army National Guard's 27th Brigade Combat Team will be available for media interviews for members of the media looking for a unique Mother's Day story. Telephone interviews for the print media and radio will be arranged by the Combined Joint Task Force Phoenix VII Public Affairs Office. Television stations will be able to obtain live feed or tape through Defense Visual Information Distribution System (DVIDS).

WHEN:

Interviews can be scheduled prior to Mothers Day.

INTERESTED NEWS ORGANIZATIONS NEED TO CONTACT THE COMBINED JOINT TASK FORCE PHOENIX VII PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE TO SET UP INTERVIEW DATES AND TIMES. For more information contact Lt. Col. Paul Fanning, CJTF Phoenix VII Public Affairs Officer at paul.a.fanning@afghan.swa.army.mil, Cell: 0798010642 Staff Sgt. Linda Nosbisch: Staff Sgt. Nosbisch has 10 years of service. She is serving as a Chaplain Assistant and is the Non Commissioned Officer in Charge of all the chaplain assistants for the task force Her oldest son is Daniel Nosbisch Senior Airman, Active Duty, and is stationed at Eglin AFB Florida assigned to a Security Forces squadron. He has 41/2 years service will be deploying for the third time sometime next month to the United Arab Emirates. He has already served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Her younger son is Brian Nosbisch, an Airman First Class in the New York Air National Guard. He has finished basic training and is in his Technical school to be a Fire Fighter he will be stationed at Niagara Falls Air Base. Combined Joint Task Force Phoenix: Commanded by Col. Brian Balfe of the New York Army National Guard , CJTF- Phoenix is the unit responsible for training the Afghan National Army and Police as part of the NATO Coalition effort in Afghanistan. The Task Force includes military members from 22 nations and all four United States Military Services. The New York Army National Guard's 27th BCT took over as the command element of this unit on April 26. 27th BCT Soldiers also provide security for the task force and are embedded as trainers with the Afghan National Army.