Hometown Military News: Feb. 17, 2012

Hometown Military News for Feb. 17, 2012

Army Staff Sgt. Eric  M. Jurich

Army Staff Sgt. Eric M. Jurich has returned to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., after being deployed to Iraq serving in support of Operation New Dawn.

Members from all branches of the U.S. military and multinational forces were 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.

Operation New Dawn officially came to an end Dec. 15, 2011.

Jurich, a combat medic attached to the 801st Combat Support Hospital, Fort Sheridan, has served 10 years in the military.

The staff sergeant is a resident of Carrington Lane, Bloomington.

Army Capt. Aimee J. Terhark

Army Capt. Aimee J. Terhark has returned to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., after being deployed to Iraq serving in support of Operation New Dawn.

Members from all branches of the U.S. military and multinational forces were 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.

Operation New Dawn officially came to an end Dec. 15, 2011.

Terhark, a nurse practitioner attached to the 801st Medical Detachment, Fort Sheridan, has served three years in the military.

The captain is a resident of North 250 East Road, Danvers.

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