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Cree

Deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom

Army N a t i o n a Guard Spec. Jason K. Cree has been mobilized and activated for future deployment to an

undisclosed overseas location in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Operation Iraqi Freedom is the official name given to military operations involving members of the U.S. armed forces and coalition forces participating in efforts to free and secure Iraq. Mission objectives focus on force protection, peacekeeping, stabilization, security and counter insurgency operations as the Iraqi transitional governing bodies assume full sovereign powers to govern the peoples of Iraq.

Members from all branches of the U.S. military and multinational forces are also assisting in rebuilding Iraq’s economic and governmental infrastructure, and training and preparing Iraqi military and security forces to assume full authority and responsibility in defending and preserving Iraq’s sovereignty and independence as a democracy.

Cree, a ground surveillance systems operator with one year of military service, is normally assigned to the 518th Military Intelligence Battalion, Fort Gordon, Augusta, Ga.

The specialist is a 2005 graduate of Delphi Community High School. He is the son of Pam and Ron Cree of Camden.