Dorit Attias, a US Army SSG, (Staff Sergeant) and an employee at the Department of Public Works, will be returning to Lakewood this month from a year-long deployment in Iraq, TLS has learned. Attias, also a volunteer firefighter in Lakewood, was deployed in January, along with her 77th Sustainment Brigade group.
Attias, (photo) 47, is also a renowned athlete who has won many medals in international competitions.
She is also a former Lakewood Auxiliary Police member, and has competed in table tennis, race walking and other competitions throughout the world.
Competing for Israel, where she was born, she has taken first place in long-distance race walking at the New York City Marathon in 1988, the Los Angeles Marathon in 1996 and 1998, the Honolulu Marathon in 1997, and in the Walt Disney Marathon in Orlando, Florida in 2001.
She joined the US Army in 1998, when she was 35.
According to US law, employers of residents who report to duty, are required to keep their job open until they return. TLS.
WELCOME HOME DORIT, LOOKING FOWARD TO SEEING YOU SOON.
Welcome back, thank you for your service.
Welcome home!!
Welcome home Dorit. Glad you are safe see you on the third floor.
Wow…its a year already? Time just flies. Looking forward to your safe return. L’hitraot!
congrats dorit! you make lakewood proud!
Welocome back, Dorit ! Ur Friends in israel & U.S. Are v/ proud of you for what u did in the races &k in Iraq. You have no idea how much the LDPW missed u, as well as the LFD.
very fine employee,she once found my tefillin and she tracked me down and returned to me.
Didn’t anyone mention that she is also an animal lover who does so much for forsaken pets? Welcome back!!!
She really deserves a parade!
welcome home. You have done the country a service appreciated by Americans
Welcome home SARGE dont forget where we live
Did you see Dorit on CNN TV?
So accomplished and yet so modest! You are an inspiring role model to other up and coming athletes. Thank you for your service, too!