Army Reserve Pvt. George E. Chevarie II has been mobilized and activated for deployment overseas to a forward operating base 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.

Chevarie, a wheeled vehicle mechanic, is normally assigned to the 619th Transportation Company, Auburn. He has two years of military service. He is the son of Beth-Ann Hurd of Raymond. Chevarie is a 2008 graduate of Noble High School.