Published February 17, 2013, 05:27 PM

Military Mail

Army Spec. Collin J. Monette has returned to the U.S. 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 Europe.

Monette is an indirect fire infantry line company mortarman assigned to the 4th Airborne Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. He has served in the military for three years.

Monette, the son of Janet Monette of Brunswick, Maine, and Dan Monette of Cloquet, is a 2009 graduate of Brunswick High School, Maine.

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