SPRINGFIELD SOLDIER PROMOTED TO STAFF SERGEANT

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Jameel Franklin of Springfield, with Detachment 1, 1344th Transportation Company in Carbondale was promoted to the rank of staff sergeant January 17 at Camp Lincoln in Springfield.

SPRINGFIELD, IL (01/18/2013)(readMedia)-- Jameel Franklin of Springfield, with Detachment 1, 1344th Transportation Company in Carbondale was promoted to the rank of staff sergeant January 17 at Camp Lincoln in Springfield.

Franklin enlisted into the Illinois National Guard in 1998. He has deployed twice in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2004 to 2005 and in 2006 to 2007 and once in support of Operation New Dawn in 2011 to 2012.