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Thursday, June 7, 2012

Law Director Officially Ordered to Deploy to Afghanistan Soon

Stow Law Director Brian Reali will be deploying to Afghanistan soon for an Ohio Army National Guard assignment that could last from seven to 10 months.

Ohio National Guard Member and Stow Law Director Brian Reali received official orders to deploy to Afghanistan. Amber Kerek, who is taking over as law director while Reali is gone, said his last day of work is Friday and he is being deployed June 16.  "I'm excited to go serve our country. It is an honor," said Reali, who is in his second, four-year term as law director. "I will absolutely miss my four kids and family."  Reali has four children that range from ages 3 to 11.  "The two younger ones don’t have a concept of what the time span is and the two older ones are doing OK. They both saw daddy go before, but it’s probably harder on them than anyone,” he previously said. Reali is going as an Individual Mobilization Augmentee (IMA) and …

Tom Stephan

8:57 am on Sunday, June 10, 2012

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Friday, May 25, 2012

Deployment to Afghanistan Likely for Stow Law Director

City Council makes plans for absence of Brian Reali, a lawyer for the Ohio Army National Guard.

Stow Law Director Brian Reali told City Council members on Thursday that it’s “very probable” that he will be deploying to Afghanistan in mid-June for an Ohio Army National Guard assignment that could last from seven to 10 months. In anticipation of Reali’s likely deployment, council approved ordinances (attached to this story as .pdf files) increasing the work hours of two law department employees to help fill the void created by his absence. Reali, who was re-elected to his second, four-year term as Stow law director last November, has been in the Ohio Army National Guard since 2000. He is a judge advocate, or Army lawyer, with Joint Force Headquarters Ohio. “A judge advocate can do everything from contact law to law of war to criminal …

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