{"id":160774,"date":"2024-04-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=160774"},"modified":"2024-04-28T09:21:45","modified_gmt":"2024-04-28T09:21:45","slug":"fort-belvoir-reserve-center-named-for-counterintelligence-agent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=160774","title":{"rendered":"Fort Belvoir reserve center named for counterintelligence agent"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Maj. Gen. Deborah Kotulich (second from left), Deputy Chief of Army Reserve, helps unveil a plaque dedicated to Staff Sgt. Richard S. Eaton Jr. at the Staff Sgt. Richard S. Eaton Jr. Army Reserve Center memorialization ceremony. Eaton died of heat related injuries in August 2003, following a firefight in Al-Hit, Iraq. He last served with the 323rd Military Intelligence Battalion.
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\n Maj. Gen. Deborah Kotulich, Deputy Chief of Army Reserve, delivers remarks at the Staff Sgt. Richard S. Eaton Jr. Army Reserve Center memorialization ceremony. Eaton died of heat related injuries in August 2003, following a firefight in Al-Hit, Iraq. He last served with the 323rd Military Intelligence Battalion.
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\n Maj. Gen. Deborah Kotulich (left), Deputy Chief of Army Reserve, Sharon Eaton (second from left), Brig. Gen. Melissa Adamski (second from right), Commander of the Military Intelligence Readiness Command, and Brig. Gen. Daniel Hershkowitz (right) , Deputy Commanding General of Operations for the 99th Readiness Division, pose for a photo following the Staff Sgt. Richard S. Eaton Jr. Army Reserve Center memorialization ceremony. Eaton died of heat related injuries in August 2003, following a firefight in Al-Hit, Iraq. He last served with the 323rd Military Intelligence Battalion.
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\n Sharon Eaton, mother of Staff Sgt. Richard S. Eaton Jr., delivers remarks at the Staff Sgt. Richard S. Eaton Jr. Army Reserve Center memorialization ceremony. Eaton died of heat related injuries in August 2003, following a firefight in Al-Hit, Iraq. He last served with the 323rd Military Intelligence Battalion.
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The U.S. Army Reserve, 99th Readiness Division, and Military Intelligence Readiness Command (MIRC) held a memorialization ceremony in honor of Staff Sgt. Richard S. Eaton Jr., April 23, 2024, at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Army Reserve center, located off John J. Kingman Road, now bears Eaton\u2019s name. Dignitaries, general officers, soldiers, and other guests attended the ceremony held just in front of the building\u2019s steps.<\/p>\n

Eaton was a noncommissioned officer, serving as a counterintelligence special agent. He died of heat-related injuries on August 12, 2003, following a firefight in Al-Hit, Iraq. Eaton was assigned to B Company, 323rd Military Intelligence Battalion. The battalion is now part of the Military Intelligence Readiness Command, U.S. Army Reserve.<\/p>\n

The reserve center is the only DOD building named for an Army counterintelligence special agent. The ceremony included an unveiling of a bronze plaque featuring Eaton.<\/p>\n

In her speech, Brig. Gen. Melissa Adamski, commanding general of the Military Intelligence Readiness Command, highlighted aspects of Eaton\u2019s service and life that made the memorialization fitting. She noted that Eaton was previously a contractor that supported the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army for Intelligence \u2013 G2 \u2013 at the Pentagon and U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command at Fort Belvoir. Eaton resided in Northern Virginia.<\/p>\n

\u201cStaff Sgt. Eaton represents the citizen soldier and the Army Reserve,\u201d said Adamski. \u201cOut of the pain and sacrifice that accompanied the loss of Staff Sgt. Eaton, and this memorialization, I hope that many can find comfort in knowing that we will and do remember.\u201d<\/p>\n

Maj. Gen. Deborah Kotulich, Deputy Chief of Army Reserve, also spoke at the event. She contextualized the memorialization of the building. Kotulich previously served as chief of staff for Army support to the Naming Commission.<\/p>\n

As part of the commission, she coordinated and facilitated the congressionally mandated effort directed at providing naming, renaming, and removal recommendations for all DOD items that commemorate the Confederate States of America. The reserve center previously bore the name of confederate officer John Singleton Mosby.<\/p>\n

Eaton\u2019s mother, Sharon Noble Eaton, travelled to Virginia from Connecticut to attend the memorialization. \u201cThe honor is not only my son\u2019s but also belongs to all Army counterintelligence agents who work silently worldwide always out front with courage, integrity and perseverance,\u201d remarked the elder Eaton.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m grateful that Rick and his service did positively influence the arc of history. May the military intelligence and counterintelligence soldiers training in the Military Intelligence Readiness Command flourish as they work in this land of the free because of the brave.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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