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Soldier continues family's military tradition

Capt. Michael Breaux of Task Force 2-7 Infantry, 1st Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, looks forward to eating Cajun food when he returns home from Iraq. - photo by Photo provided.

Capt.-Breaux-0716 — Capt. Michael Breaux of Task Force 2-7 Infantry, 1st Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, looks forward to eating Cajun food when he returns home from Iraq. - photo by Photo provided.

Capt. Michael Breaux is following in the footsteps of his grandfather and father by serving in the Army. Breaux's grandfather served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. His father served in the Army in the 1970s.

Breaux continues their legacy of service by helping the Army pave the way for Operation New Dawn. The military's new mission in Iraq will officially begin on Sept. 1.
Breaux, currently deployed to Iraq, is assigned to Task Force 2-7 Infantry, 1st Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division.

For more of this story see Friday's Coastal Courier.

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