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Franchisee Roland Beason joins U.S. troops serving in Kabul
By Lawri Murray  | | Roland Beason | | Roland Beason has been a HomeVestors franchisee for nearly four years. Now, he's on temporary leave from his duties as managing owner of Oak Partners, Birmingham, AL, to spend a year in a city that's nearly 7,500 miles from his home. Roland, a member of the Army National Guard, has been deployed to Kabul, Afghanistan, where he is serving as an Embedded Tactical Trainer with an Afghan Infantry Battalion in Paktika Province. "I mentor the Afghan officers/soldiers on how to have a functional, logistical, and operational army," Roland explained from Afghanistan. "Fighting is no problem. These mugs know how to fight. They have been doing so for three decades. [But] supply chain is a little foreign to them." Oak Partners co-owner Spencer Sutton is understandably concerned for the safety of his friend, who isn't scheduled to come home until May 2008. "I actually watched a National Geographic documentary on a task force of Green Berets in southern Afghanistan, and they are experiencing increasingly hostile and difficult situations with imbedded Taliban who are using IEDs from Iraq much more frequently," said Sutton. "Please remember Roland in your prayers as he serves our country and theirs." "The thoughts and prayers of our HVA Leadership Team and other members of our corporate office will be with Roland, and his wife, Kelly," said HVA President & CEO Dr. John Hayes. "In addition to being one of our experienced and talented franchisees, Roland is one of our favored sons. We want him back safely. Meanwhile, we appreciate him all the more for defending our country." If you'd like to show Roland your support, you can write to him at: Roland H. Beason
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. . . Lawri Murray is HVA's marketing creative manager. She can be reached at 972.761.0046, ext. 217.
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