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S: EARNEST JONES UNITED STATES ARMY 1975-1999

BC: UNITED STATES ARMY MASTER SERGEANT EARNEST JONES 1975-1999

FC: MASTER SERGEANT | EARNEST JONES

1: UNITED STATES ARMY ENLISTEE: EARNEST JONES HOME OF RECORD: ROANOKE VIRGINIA DATE OF ENLISTMENT: 2 DECEMBER 1975 PLACE OF ENLISTMENT: BECKLEY WEST VIRGINIA DATE OF BIRTH: 24 OCTOBER 1956 SSN: XXXX PRIMARY SPECIALTY: 92A50 AUTO LOG SP RETIREMENT DATE: 1 OCTOBER 1999 PLACE OF RETIREMENT: ANSBACH GERMANY RANK AT RETIREMENT: MASTER SERGEANT (MSG)

2: FORT STORY VIRGINIA | SPECIALIST FOUR | 1976-1978 | REENLISTMENT CEREMONY | E-4

3: 1977 | FORT STORY SOLDIER OF THE YEAR

4: DEPLOYED | 1 9 7 8 | ENEWETAK | SPECIALIST | FOUR | IS A CIRCULAR ATOLL (ISLAND) IN CENTRAL PACIFIC IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS. IT WAS CAPTURED IN WWII BY U.S. FORCES AND DESIGNATED AN ATOMIC PROVING STATION. IT WAS THE SITE OF ATOMIC TESTS FROM 1947-1962. AFTER THE MILITARY CLEAN-UP, ENEWETAK WAS RENDERED SAFE IN 1980 | 309TH TRANSPORTATION DETACHMENT | 1977 | COMMENDATION | H A W A I I | FORT STORY VIRGINIA | E-4

5: FIRST OAK LEAF CLUSTER | N C O | 1980 | SPECIALIST FIVE | 1981 | KARLSRUHE GERMANY | E-5

6: RED RIVER ARMY DEPOT TEXARKANA 1981-1983 | T E X A S | A R K A N S A S

7: STAFF SERGEANT EARNEST JONES

8: 583rd ORDNANCE COMPANY MUENSTER GERMANY | SECOND OAK LEAF CLUSTER 1983-1986

9: MUENSTER GERMANY | S T A F F | S E R G E A N T | 1984

10: 76P ANCOC - 1986 FORT LEE VIRGINIA

11: 19 | 87 | 19 | 88

12: STAFF SERGEANT | PETERSBURG, VA 1989 | U.S. | ARMY

13: STAFF SERGEANT EARNEST JONES MARRIED GILDA VANESSA PROCTOR CHAVIS ON 15 DECEMBER 1989 PETERSBURG, VA

14: 19 | 90

15: S E R G E A N T F I R S T C L A S S | KAISERSLAUTERN GERMANY | 1990-1994

16: OPERATION PROVIDE COMFORT | TURKEY & IRAQ | 1 9 9 1 | DEPLOYED

17: BLACK HAWK HELICOPTER | I R A Q | IRAQI SOLDIER | S F C

18: CHEMICAL WEAPONS | IRAQI | HUMANITARIANS | BLACK HAWK

19: OPERATION PROVIDE COMFORT | CHILDREN | USA | RELIEF EFFORTS | UNITED STATES | KURDS

20: KURDISH HUMANITARIAN RELIEF EFFORTS 1991

22: EXERCISE CENTRAL SHIELD | KAISERSLAUTERN GERMANY | 1990-1994

23: 1993

24: MASTER SERGEANT PROMOTION CEREMONY | FORT CAMPBELL KENTUCKY | 1995

25: FORT CAMPBELL KENTUCKY IS LOCATED PARTLY IN HOPKINSVILLE KENTUCKY & PARTLY IN CLARKSVILLE TENNESSEE | 1 9 9 5 | MASTER SERGEANT | E-8

26: M A S T E R S E R G E A N T | 1 M A Y 1 9 9 5

28: FORT CAMPBELL KENTUCKY | 1994-1996

29: CLARKSVILLE TENNESSEE | S A R S S | TDY 1996 | FORT LEE VIRGINIA | EDUCATIONAL | EXCELLENCE

30: EARNEST IN FRONT OF A GERMAN HOTEL | POSING WITH THE PURPLE GERMAN RENTAL CAR | CHRISTMAS EVE WITH DRE | EARNEST WITH ROCKY | ARRIVING HOME OBEREICHENBACH #73 1996 | FIRST SNOWFALL NOVEMBER | ROCKY BLOCKING THE WAY | A N S B A C H G E R M A N Y | 1 9 9 6 | 1 9 9 7

31: OUR HERO Every second of every minute, every minute of every hour, every hour of every day, and every day of every year WE LOVE YOU! | DEPENDABLE DAD | BEST PAPA | LOVING HUSBAND

32: MASTER SERGEANT - NCO IN CHARGE DEPLOYMENT TRANSITION - 4TH BRIGADE KATTERBACH GERMANY | OPERATION JOINT GUARD BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA

33: COMANCHE BASE CAMP MAYOR BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA | 1997

34: 3 MARCH - 31 OCTOBER

35: 1997 | UNITED STATES ARMY

36: R E T I R E M E N T | O R D E R S 1 9 9 9

37: MASTER SERGEANT EARNEST JONES BRIGADE TRANSPORTATION NCOIC | CONGRATULATIONS & GOOD LUCK IN THE FUTURE S-4 SHOP | A N S B A C H G E R M A N Y

38: 24 YEAR DISTINGUISHED MILITARY CAREER | 1975-1999 | JONES EARNEST | MSG RETIRED | UNITED STATES ARMY | M S G R E T I R E D | E-8

39: H O N O R A B L E | D I S C H A R G E

40: 17 JUNE 1999 | UNITED STATES CAPITOL WASHINGTON D.C.

41: NUREMBERG GERMANY | MUNICH GERMANY | PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA | ATLANTA GEORGIA | AUGUSTA GEORGIA | 19 JUNE 1999 | UNITED STATES ARMY FINAL TRAVEL ORDERS MSG EARNEST JONES | DEPART: | FINAL DESTINATION:

42: TO LOVE...HONOR...AND KEEP THROUGH THE GOOD TIMES FULL OF LAUGHTER AND THE MONTHS WITHOUT HIM BY HER SIDE SHE'LL PROUDLY SERVE AS HIS TRUE LOVE HONORED TO BE A SOLDIER'S BRIDE

43: DEDICATED TO MY SOLDIER & HUSBAND EARNEST JONES FATHER'S DAY - 2010