Karl Horeis/Nevada Appeal Sen. Airman Jessica Brandon was born and raised in Reno. The 22-year-old has served in the Nevada National Guard for about a year and half. During her first deployment she worked in the surgical nursing care unit of Landstuhl Medical Center in southwest Germany.

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Personal care to battle-weary soldiers

• By ncs-import
• August 12, 2004