Buskirk Soldier Returns Home

Army Reserve Spec. Brian K. Zimmerman returned to the U.S. after being deployed overseas at a forward operating base in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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 people 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.
Zimmerman, a civil affairs specialist, is a member of the 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion, based in Utica, NY.  He has served in the military for three years.
He is the son of Norma J. and Sean T. Conroy of Durfee Road, Buskirk, NY. His wife, Ashley, is the daughter of Steven Wulff of Wallace Road, Cambridge, NY. The specialist is a 2005 graduate of Cambridge Central High School.