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hen Mickey Nagler
learned her
daughter, Sgt.
Rachelle Crockett, vol-
unteered to be a radio broad-
caster for the American
troops in Saudi Arabia, she
accepted her daughter's
decision.
Actually, her first thought
was if Rachelle wanted to
play in the sand, she would
kidnap her, buy some sand
and Rachelle could broad-
cast from the garage, Mrs.
Nagler said. But when she
heard Sgt. Crockett say, "I
have to do this, Mother,"
Mrs. Nagler did not get in
her way.
"There are times when I
feel proud of her because
she's accomplished so much
in the broadcasting field,"
Mrs. Nagler said. "But how
can I be proud of someone
who risks her life? I'm
scared for her. She's scared
for her."
While her husband,
Monte, would watch Cable
News Network for informa-
tion on Desert Storm, Mrs.
Nagler stayed away from the
television set, too worried
about her daughter to watch
much of the action. It was
comforting to hear her
daughter's voice, not only in
private conversations, but
on the air with Detroit radio
personalities, she said.
Then it was with some
relief when Sgt. Crockett,
22, called her mother in
Farmington Hills Jan. 27
saying she was pregnant and
would leave Saudi Arabia
this week. United States
Armed Forces regulations
prohibit pregnant women
from being in a war zone. So
Sgt. Crockett, after more
than two weeks of spinning
discs and reading news
reports for the Armed Forces
Radio and Television Ser-
vice, is going back to the Air
Force base on Crete, Greece,
to be with her husband,
David, and his two
daughters. The couple has
been married since July. Her
husband is also an Armed
Forces Radio broadcaster.
Sgt. Crockett's father,
Monte Nagler, said, "I guess
I have mixed feelings. I
know this is what she want-
ed. I know her husband is
excited by this. But I was
kind of excited for her be-
cause of what she was doing
there. She was making a big
Sgt. Rachelle Crockett
name for herself. I'm disap-
pointed she will be giving it
up."
Even though Sgt. Crockett
has only been on the air at
Shield 107 FM since Jan. 11,
she's become a celebrity of
sorts both in Detroit and in
Saudi Arabia. She's been
awakened by reporters call-
ing for interviews and
featured in newspapers and
radio stations as the Desert
Storm version of Adrian
Cronauer, the deejay in the
movie Good Morning Viet-
nam.
Celebrity status was one
thing she didn't expect when
she left her family in Crete
and volunteered to join what
was then Desert Shield, said
Sgt. Crockett, who got the
rank promotion when she
took the assignment.
"It's almost a bit uncom-
fortable, a strange feeling,"
she said. "I'm the kind of
person who doesn't go after
recognition."
While she knows it sounds
a little corny, she had strong
feelings about being in the
Persian Gulf with the troops.
"I had to do something. I'm
not on the front lines, but I
feel a need to do a little
something that matters. My
husband understands the
need I feel."
Sgt. Crockett, a 1985
Western Walled Lake High
School graduate, joined the
United States Air Force four
years ago. She applied to
Michigan State University,
intending to major in com-
munications. But with little
money for school, she joined
the Air Force communica-
tions program. She never
thought that move would
lead her to Saudi Arabia.
For 12 hours every day,
she was stationed in a tiny