Sidney native Heaton retires from U.S. Army Reserve

Sidney native James M. Heaton retired from the U.S. Army Reserve on Aug. 2, 2014, with the rank of Colonel, after 30 years of active duty and reserve service in the Army Judge Advocate General's Corps.

Col. Heaton performed a wide variety of legal duties, completed advanced military education courses and held several leadership positions in assignments at: Fort Bragg, N.C.; Fort Carson, Colo.; Fort Leavenworth, Kan; Charlottesville, Va.; Carlisle, Pa.; Fort Belvoir, Va.; the Pentagon; Camp Casey, Republic of Korea; Bad Kreuznach, Darmstadt, and Heidelberg, Germany; Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovin...