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10/1/2009 5:51 PM
Master Sergeant Greek deployed overseas
Air Force Master Sgt. Christopher L. Greek has deployed to an overseas forward operating base to support the missions of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.
Operation Enduring Freedom is the official name given to anti-terrorism military operations involving U.S. troops and allied coalition partners. Reserve component members from all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces have been mobilized, activated and deployed along with active duty members to support the war against global terrorism.
Mission objectives encompass combating the international terrorist network or regime forces outside the borders of the United States. U.S. troops serve in South Asia, the Arabian Peninsula, Central Asia, the Horn of Africa, islands in the Pacific, and in numerous other countries.
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.
Greek, a first sergeant with thirteen years of military service, is normally assigned to the 437th Communications Squadron, Charleston Air Force Base, S.C.
He is the son of Harold and Geraldine Greek of N. 10th St., Newman Grove, NE.
The master sergeant graduated in 1994 from Newman Grove High School, and received an associate degree in 2003 from the Community College of the Air Force. He received a bachelor’s degree in 2009 from the University of Maryland, Adelphi.
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