Homecoming for Reservist back from second tour in Iraq

David Miller did two tours in Iraq, plus he works for the public works department and is also a reserve firefighter. He is what I'm talking about when I say they are born heroes. He has it in his core to be of service to community and nation. While Miller says he did not have any readjustment issues, we need to think about the others with PTSD and then think of the kind of person they are. Would you want to let down someone like Miller? That's what most of them are. These are the men and women we are letting down when they need help after they come home.

Homecoming for Reservist back from second tour in Iraq


By KERANA TODOROV
Register Staff Writer
After months in Iraq, David Miller is resuming his civilian life in American Canyon, trading camouflage for civilian clothes.

Two weeks ago, American Canyon Troop Support’s Sindy Biederman and the Patriot Guard Riders, a group of volunteers, organized welcome home festivities at Sacramento International Airport and at Miller’s home in American Canyon — to Miller’s surprise and the delight of his family.

American Canyon City Manager Rich Ramirez was among the two dozen people who greeted Miller in Sacramento Nov. 23, while Mayor Leon Garcia and others welcomed him at the Miller house in American Canyon. American Canyon police officers and firefighters escorted him once their car reached the city limits.

“I wasn’t expecting it at all,” said Miller, a U.S. Army Reserve staff sergeant, who was returning home with two dozen members of the 304th Psychological Operations after a nine-month tour of duty in Iraq — his second.

Miller, who left in February, is scheduled to return to work Monday for the city of American Canyon’s Public Works Department, where he is an engineering technician.

“It’s good to be back,” he said Tuesday as he received “Welcome Home” greetings Tuesday from American Canyon Police Chief Brian Banducci, Fire Chief Glen Weeks and others.

David is also a reserve firefighter with the American Canyon Fire Protection District and said he has had no trouble re-adjusting.

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