U.S. Army Lt. Col. Jonathan Thompson, a Montgomery native and graduate of East Aurora High School, passes out certificates to an Afghan Army soldier who just completed the Explosive Hazard Reduction course.Thompson recently returned home from Afghanistan, his fourth tour of duty. | Submitted photo
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Jonathan Thompson, a Montgomery native and graduate of East Aurora High School, passes out certificates to an Afghan Army soldier who just completed the Explosive Hazard Reduction course.Thompson recently returned home from Afghanistan, his fourth tour of duty. | Submitted photo
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Jonathan Thompson shows off the "welcome home" cake his family presented him at a celebration in Sugar Grove last weekend. Thompson recently returned home from Afghanistan, on his fourth tour of duty.
While on leave from his fourth tour of duty in the Middle East, U.S. Army Lt. Col. Jonathan Thompson said he is fulfilling a lifelong dream. “From the fifth grade I always wanted to go into the Army,” said Thompson, who will have dedicated 28 …
