"Unlucky" NCO is cruise winner

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  • By Staff Sgt. Tanya Holditch
  • Keesler News
He says he has the worst luck, but he recently won a $2,500 travel voucher for a cruise vacation package. 

Tech. Sgt. Frederick Herriott, 2nd Air Force, who returned to Keesler in May from Balad Air Base, Iraq, was a grand prize winner in the first of three drawings for the Air Education and Training Command Services Welcome Home contest. 

The second is for members returning between May 30 and Sept. 28, while the third is for those returning between Sept. 28 and Jan. 30, 2009. 

AETC military personnel who've been deployed more than 120 days in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom may be eligible to enter. 

Sergeant Herriott, who filled out the entry form during a post-deployment briefing at the airman and family readiness center, said he didn't think he had a chance at winning. 

His wife, Amanda, is even more excited than he is, he said. "We would like to go somewhere in the Caribbean -- maybe Jamaica," he said. 

Entry forms are available at the airman and family readiness center, outdoor recreation, Gaudé Lanes, Bay Breeze Golf Course, arts and crafts center, Katrina Kantina and information, ticket and travel office.