Thyng serves in Germany following deployment to Iraq

Army Pvt. John L. Thyng has returned to Baumholder, Germany, after being deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.  The service member is regularly assigned to the 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, a subordinate unit of the 1st Armored Division based in Baumholder.
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.
Thyng, an infantryman, has served in the military for less than one year.
He is the son of John L. and Joanna M. Thyng of Ashland.