Attorney Gary Beaver Completes Overseas Military Service

Gary L. Beaver, a member in the Greensboro office of the law firm of Nexsen Pruet Adams Kleemeier, PLLC, and a Colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, returned June 26, 2005, from serving for five weeks as the senior Judge Advocate at the European Command headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany. The European Command is a joint services headquarters controlling all U.S. military forces in 91 countries and territories covering 21 million square miles, including all of Europe (including Eastern Europe), most of Africa, Israel, Turkey, the Balkans, and Russia.

"Gary has served our country for more than 25 years," said Bill Wilcox, managing member of the Greensboro office. "We are proud of Gary's exceptional military service and want to publicly thank him and his family for their sacrifice."

Colonel Beaver provided legal advice to EUCOM general officers on a wide variety of issues, including those raised by operations in the Global War on Terrorism and various international agreements with countries in Europe and Africa and managed an office which included military attorneys from all of the U.S. armed services and a civilian attorney. Colonel Beaver has been providing legal services to EUCOM for 3.5 years, including a period of 6.5 months in 2003 during which he served on active duty in Stuttgart and in Kosovo. This recently concluded stint is expected to be Colonel Beaver's last at EUCOM as he is completing his tour of duty at that duty station. For his service at EUCOM, Colonel Beaver was awarded the Joint Meritorious Service Medal.