Area residents serving in the National Guard or Reserves who feel they’re well supported by their employers are encouraged to nominate them for a national award.  Dick Rue of Des Moines is field committee chairman of the Iowa Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve or ESGR.  Rue says employers are obligated to do certain things for citizen soldiers like having a comparable job waiting for the soldier when they come home from active duty and are ready to return to work. 

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