Military Notes

Kriggsman completes training
Pvt. Robert Kriggsman Jr. graduated from boot camp at Parris Island, S.C. recently. He completed infantry training camp in LeJune, N.C. and is currently at Marine training company at Fort Knox receiving MIAI tank crewman training.
Future training includes camp in California and deployment to Iraq.
His parents are Rose Kriggsman, and Robert Kriggsman, Sr. of Manchester. He is the grandson of Eve and Henry Kriggsman of Indonesia. He has one sister, Rada Kriggsman.

Major Daniels retires from Air Force
Major Ray Daniels retired May 31 from the Air Force after 24 years of service. He had six years active duty and 18 years in the Air National Guard.
His career started as an Airmen E-l and retired Major 0-4. During his career, he served in Desert Storm, Iraqi Freedom and Operation Iraq.
He is the son of Charles and Dorothy Daniels and resides in Murfreesboro.

Karen Hudson deployed to Kuwait
Army Reserve Maj. Karen A. Hudson has deployed to Kuwait to assist in vessel transport and cargo operations in direct support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. The soldier is a member of the 595th Transportation Terminal Group, one of four transportation groups in the U.S. Army’s Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command. The 595th Transportation Group conducts all of the U.S. Central Command’s seaport operations.
In Kuwait, servicemembers operate in the port of Shuaiba, the busiest military seaport in the world. Members of the Army, Navy Reserve and Department of Defense civilians work together to accomplish the important mission of delivering military cargo to commanders in the battlefield. The magnitude of vessel transport and cargo involves massive handling of equipment, materials, supplies, and munitions needed to sustain military operations in the fight against the war on terrorism in Kuwait, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, countries in the Horn of Africa, and Persian Gulf region.
Hudson is a safety officer with 20 years of military service
She is the daughter of Herbert C. and Margaret L. Hudson of Smartt, Tenn.