Army Pfc. Aharown M. Jackson

Army Pfc. Aharown M. Jackson is returning to the U.S. after a deployment to the Iraqi theater of operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Operation Iraqi Freedom is the official name given to military operations involving members of the U.S. armed forces and coalition forces participating in efforts to free and secure Iraq. Mission objectives focus on force protection, peacekeeping, stabilization, security and counter-insurgency operations as the Iraqi transitional governing bodies assume full sovereign powers to govern the peoples of Iraq.

Members from all branches of the U.S. military and multinational forces are also assisting in rebuilding Iraq's economic and governmental infrastructure and training and preparing Iraqi military and security forces to assume full authority and responsibility in defending and preserving Iraq's sovereignty and independence as a democracy.

Jackson, a health care specialist with one year of military service, is normally assigned to the 547th Medical Company Area Support, Fort Lewis, Tacoma, Wash.

He is the son of Robert P. and Sandra D. Jackson of Pahrump.

The private is a 2007 graduate of Pahrump Valley High School.