WCHS grads serve in Iraq

Two Warren County High School graduates are currently helping to bring democracy to Iraq from their posts in Baghdad.

Lt. Col. Cory Gipson and Col. Max Haston are both assigned to the Multinational Corps-Iraq XVIII Airborne Corps. The group is operating out of Camp Victory in Baghdad.

Haston is chief of reserve components for all of Iraq. He also wears the title of Tennessee Army National Guard deputy chief of staff, operations and training.

Gipson is corps transportation officer.

Gipson, a graduate of the University of Tennessee, is based out of Fort Bragg, N.C. Gipson’s wife, Becky, and children, Patrick, Megan and Ryan, reside in Fayetteville, N.C. He is the son of the late Gerry and Adelia Gipson.

Haston is a graduate of MTSU and the United States War College in Carlisle, Pa. Haston’s wife, Anne, and son, Travis, reside in Knoxville. He is the son of Bettye and Jerry Haston of McMinnville.