Pfc. Freed deploys to Iraq

Army Pfc. Jason H. Freed has deployed to Iraq to support the mission of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

His wife, Janie, is the daughter of John and Christine Herrera of Wharton.

Operation Iraqi Freedom is the name given of military operations by U.S. Armed Forces and coalition forces participating in efforts to free and secure 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.

Freed, a signal support systems

specialist, is normally assigned to the 15th Transportation

Company, Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla. He has one year of military service.

He is the son of Tighe H. Freed of Fort Worth.

The private is a 1995 graduate of Western Hills High School in Fort Worth.