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Canton native returns to U.S. after serving in Iraq

Posted 1/12/12

Army National Guard Spec. Jason R. Briggs 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 …

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Canton native returns to U.S. after serving in Iraq

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Army National Guard Spec. Jason R. Briggs 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.

Briggs, a military policeman with the 105th Military Police Company, Buffalo, has served three years in the military.

He is the son of Tari L. and Joseph V. Briggs of Lincoln Street, Canton.

He is a 2001 graduate of Hugh C. Williams High School, Canton.