Library to be dedicated to fort soldier killed in Iraq

Sierra Vista Herald, Sierra Vista Arizona ^

[SandRat]

FORT HUACHUCA — Fort officials dedicate the post’s Military Intelligence Library to Chief Warrant Officer Christopher Nason in a ceremony at 8 a.m. Friday.

Maj. Gen. Barbara Fast, commanding general of the U.S. Army Intelligence Center and Fort Huachuca, and Nason’s sister, Gena Nason, will unveil a plaque honoring him. Nason, a Fort Huachuca military intelligence Soldier, died Nov. 23, 2003, of injuries sustained in a vehicular accident in Iraq.

He was assigned to Company A, 306th Military Intelligence Battalion on the fort and had volunteered to serve a temporary yearlong assignment in Iraq.

The Military Intelligence Library serves the U.S. Army Intelligence Center and Fort Huachuca.

Approximately 800 soldiers visit the library daily.

In addition to 50 computer work stations, access to the Open Source Information System, cable news and free coffee, the library offers a collection of around 20,000 books covering military intelligence, military science, history/wars/battles, terrorism, country studies and general reference, a non-fiction and fiction video collection and journals, magazines and newspapers.

The library was recognized by the Library of Congress in March as the best small federal library for 2005.

It received the award for innovative services and superior customer services offered in fiscal year 2005, demonstrated by an 850 percent increase in attendance.

[SandRat]

[Soaring Feather]

Chief Warrant Officer Christopher Nason

RIP Hero.

[tlj18]

I have a 50-50 chance of spending 7 weeks at Ft. Huachuca, as part of my MOS 98Y AIT training. It's a new MOS, and the Army is making the training up as it goes along :-) I'll spend either 16 or 23 weeks at Pensacola Naval Air Station.

It's only a matter of days before I leave. I'm doing things for the last time as a civilian. Two weeks from now (approximately), I'll be wearing the uniform. It will be a great honor to do so. It will be at that point I will consider myself to be in the military, not a few weeks ago when I signed the contract.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thank you, tlj18, for choosing to serve our country.

[Kathy in Alaska]

TAPS

RIP CWO Christopher Nason

Amazing Grace

A library on post....a good remembrance.

[VanDeKoik]

I think its great that many towns have taken to naming important places after these fallen heroes. Streets, bridges, schools, and parks. It is far more fitting then the PC names that keep getting slapped onto landmarks these days.