Friday, Feb. 22, 2013

Accolades: Dos Palos' Lelandais is back in the United States

ACCOLADES

Dos Palos' Lelandais is back in the United States

Army Spec. Joseph D. Lelandais has returned to the United States after being deployed overseas at a forward operating base to serve in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

Operation Enduring Freedom is the official name given to anti-terrorism military operations involving U.S. troops and allied coalition partners. Active duty and reserve component members from all branches of the U.S. armed forces have been deployed to support the war against global terrorism outside the borders of the United States. U.S. troops serve in south, southwest and central Asia, the Arabian peninsula, the Horn of Africa, islands in the Pacific, and IN Europe.

Lelandais is an automatic rifleman assigned to the 4th Airborne Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. He has served in the military for two years.

He is the son of Chris and Marlene Lelandais of Swift Avenue in Dos Palos.

The specialist is a 2010 graduate of Dos Palos High School.