Military family from Vermont urges immediate troop withdrawal, recounts son’s service in Baghdad

Nancy Brown, who identified herself with Military Families Speak Out, spoke about her family's experience and urged immediate political pressure to bring troops home.

"He is in Baghdad driving an armored Humvey," Brown said of her son Ryan, describing the stress on families and the risk to service members. She told the crowd that families receive frequent, direct communications from deployed relatives and encouraged support networks and constituent outreach to the congressional delegation. Brown distributed information and asked attendees to contact Military Families Speak Out for ways to help.

Her remarks were personal testimony aimed at mobilizing local support for constituent lobbying. The rally organizers encouraged attendees to march and sign petitions after the speeches; no municipal policy action accompanied Brown's plea.