VERO BEACH – Vero Beach High School graduate Michael Gallahue and his First Armed Division Second Brigade Combat Team Ironside unit, while stationed in Iraq for 14 months, received care packages from the Military Moms group of Vero Beach.Sgt. Gallahue, the son of Denise Gates of Vero Beach, is a native of Ridgewood, N.J. and a Vero Beach resident since 1990. He enlisted in the Army in 2006 and completed his basic training at Ft. Sill, Okla. He is currently stationed in Baumholder, Germany, where he will marry his German fiancee, Catherine, on July 24. Gallahue will then return to Ft. Stewart, Ga. to await his next assignment. While on leave in Vero Beach, Gallahue visited the classroom of his sister, Ayleen Gallahue, who teaches at Vero Beach Elementary.Michael Gallahue’s Ironside unit in Iraq, who received care packages sent from Vero Beach.Gallahue is pictures in the back row, standing, third from the left.
