In The Service

Moore Haven Master Sgt. In Iraq

MOORE HAVEN, FLORIDA (July 11, 2006) -- Air Force Master Sgt. Andria J. Dolan is currently deployed overseas at a forward-operating location 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. The master sergeant is a superintendent with 19 years of military service.  She is the niece of Joe and Annie Pearl Espinosa of Yaun Road S.E., and sister of Kevin Bryant, all of Moore Haven, Fla. Her husband, James, is the son of Ralph and Geraldine Dolan of Quince Circle, Newport News, Va.   Dolan is a 1984 graduate of Moore Haven High School.