Military digest 10/10/05

Newell visits home on four-day leave from Iraq

Kyle Newell, a U.S. Army infantry mortar man, returned home for a four-day leave which ends today. He is a 2002 Jackson High School graduate. Newell is the son of Beth and Gene Newell of Jackson. Newell joined the Army in the fall of 2002, graduated from basic training in April, 2003 and was stationed in Fort Lewis, Washington. In 2004 he was deployed to Mosul, Iraq. In June Newell was injured when the blast from a suicide bomb hit the vehicle he was riding in. He has since recovered fully. Newell will be honorably discharged from the Army in December and plans to return to the Southeast Missouri area and attend Southeast Missouri State University. In his three years of service Newell has received two Army commendations.

Cape man promoted to 1st lieutenant

Thomas Casey McCausland, son of Jim and Jan McCausland of Cape Girardeau, has recently been promoted to 1st Lieutenant with the 3rd Battalion (Airborne) U.S. Army. McCausland, a member of the battalion since August 2004, fulfilled officer training and was then commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Air Defense Artillery Regiment. The paratroopers in this battalion are the most decorated in the 82nd Airborne Division.

Area man enlists in National Guard as MP

Timothy M. Mills has enlisted in the Missouri Army National Guard, a reserve component of the U.S. Army. Mills, a military policeman, is assigned to the 1137th Military Police Company, Kennett, Mo. He is the son of Darold and Lee Ann Mills of Marquand, Mo. Mills' wife, Amanda, is the daughter of Charles and Kare Mahurin of Farmington, Mo. He is a 1989 graduate of Meadow Heights High School, Patton, Mo.

Jackson native graduates from infantry training

Army Pvt. Timothy S. Sanders has graduated from basic infantry training at Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga. He is the son of Deborah Kaiser of Jackson and Ernest Sanders of Modesto, Calif. Sanders graduated in 2004 from Jackson Senior High School, and received a degree in 2005 from Cape Girardeau Career and Technology Center.

-- From staff reports