HomeMy Public PortalAboutTOL PR 2015-02-05 Michael Gregory
Town of Leesburg
News Release
For Immediate Release
Town of Leesburg Streets Division Worker Returns From
Deployment in Kuwait and United Arab Emirates
Leesburg, VA (February 5, 2015) –
Michael Gregory recently returned
to work with the Town of Leesburg
Streets Division after spending
seven months in Kuwait and the
United Arab Emon active duty with
the 374th Military Police Company.
While overseas, Sgt Gregory served
as a Customs Border Clearance
Agent, clearing U.S. personnel and
equipment for return to the United
States. According to Gregory, the
agents were mostly concerned with preventing the introduction of invasive plants and parasites
into the United States through the transport of agricultural products.
This deployment was Gregory’s second; he was deployed to Bagram Air Base in 2002 and 2003.
Gregory was scheduled to return to the United States in February 2015, but t he deployment
was reduced by two months. As a result, he returned home in time to celebrate Christmas with
his family. He returned to work on January 12, 2015.
“We are very happy to have Mike home safe from his deployment and back on the job,” said
Kaj Dentler, Leesburg’s Town Manager. “We are proud of Mike’s service to the country and
honored to have been able to provide him with the peace of mind that his job with the Town
was secure while he was gone.”
Contact:
Betsy Fields
Research & Communications Manager
bfields@leesburgva.gov
703-771-2734
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