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JULY 11, 2013
Vol. 6 No. 52
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hen he was younger,Thomas Gilligan always wanted to be in the military. These days, the Bolingbrook resident and Romeoville High School Class of 2003 graduate is living his dream as the commanding officer of the Illinois Army National Guard’s 933rd Military Police Company. “It was something I have a lot of thought to,” Gilligan said as he recalled his decision to enlist in the National Guard seven years ago during his senior year at Elmhurst College. (He completed his degree in History and American Studies after basic training.) Since then units, former Lieutenant, now Captain,Thomas Gilligan has served in have been mobilized four times, twice in See HOME, page 4
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Thomas Gilligan is the commanding officer of the Illinois Army National Guard’s 933rd Military Police Company.