Photo Caption: Howell resident Richard Therrien (right) is congratulated by Staff Sgt. Tom Wong after Therrien enlisted in the New Jersey Army National Guard at Fort Hamilton Military Entrance Processing Station Oct. 15.

     Pvt. Therrien, a Brick Memorial High School graduate, has been assigned to B Company, 1st Battalion, 114th Infantry, located at the National Guard Armory in Freehold.  After completing Basic Training at Fort Benning, Ga., he will attend Advanced Individual Training as an Infantryman.  The Infantryman's role is to be ready to defend our country in peacetime and to capture, destroy and repel enemy ground forces during combat.