Greatest Person: Hazelwood Resident's Son Named Battalion Soldier of the Quarter
Sgt. Zachary T. Flaxbeard, who is currently deployed to the Middle East, is the Greatest Person of the Day. He said he has learned what it means to serve a cause much larger than himself.
Sgt. Zachary Flaxbeard is a chemical operations specialist with a decontamination unit based at Jefferson Barracks. Right now he is serving at Camp As Sayliyah in Qatar. When Flaxbeard first joined the National Guard, it was to take advantage of the college tuition assistance program. After serving more than five years and being deployed to Afghanistan as a heavy weapons gunner, his focus shifted. "I really gathered an understanding of what it means to serve a cause much larger than myself,” he said. “I have come to love giving back to and supporting our nation, its interests, and the people." Above and beyond Flaxbeard, the son of Tom Flaxbeard, of Overland, and Venessa Arseneau, of Hazelwood, was recently named Soldier of the Quarter for…
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