Dad, daughter deployed to Middle East together

New Mexico's Lacey and Krista Macias heading to Kuwait

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The family that serves together, stays together.

At least that's the belief of a father and daughter who are being deployed to Kuwait together with the National Guard.

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KOAT reports that Specialist Krista Macias and her father, First Sergeant Lacey Macias, departed for Fort Bliss in New Mexico on Tuesday and will then be stationed in the Middle East for nine months.

The deployment is Krista's first, while it will be Lacey's last.  

After hearing that her father's unit needed medics, Krista figured it would be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that she couldn't pass up.

“It's a pretty awesome thing. It takes the edge off of being deployed, so it's not nearly as nerve racking for me so it's just awesome to share this experience with my father,” Krista told the station.

“A few years ago she said she wanted to go to the military it really surprised me and so for her to volunteer to go with me to go overseas to do the mission is an honor,” said Lacey.