Rick Scott Orders Flags Lowered for Niceville Sgt. Joshua Born

Submitted by Anonymous on March 14, 2012 - 4:27pm

Gov. Rick Scott has ordered state and national flags at the Capitol, county courthouse of Okaloosa County and at the City Hall of Niceville to be lowered to half-staff on Thursday for U.S. Army Sergeant Joshua A. Born.

Born, 25, of Niceville, was one of two soldiers killed Feb. 23 in Afghanistan during protests outside a U.S. base in the Khogyani District in Nangarhar Province over the American militarys burning of Qurans.

Born served with the 549th Military Police Company, 385th Military Police Battalion, 16th Military Police Brigade (Airborne), XVIII Airborne Corps, out of Fort Stewart, Ga.

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