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COLUMBIA, S.C. (Tribune News Service) Brig. Gen. Milford Beagle Jr. knows the meaning of trust. The commanding general of Columbia s Fort Jackson U.S. Army installation has spent more than 30 years working to build trust with fellow soldiers up and down the ranks. It s a bond he works to extend beyond the gates of the fort and into the community that surrounds it. Following a shocking incident involving a trainee from Fort Jackson on Thursday, he s endeavoring to make sure those community ties stay strong. On Thursday, a 23-year-old Army trainee from New Jersey, Jovan Collazo, ran away from his unit on the army installation in the morning, armed with an unloaded M-4 rifle, and began trying to get rides from cars on Interstate 77, authorities said. He eventually made his way to Percival Road and boarded a school bus bound for Forest Lake Elementary, according to the Richland County Sheriff s Department. Collazo ordered the driver, at gunpoint, to drive. Several minutes later,
By NOAH FEIT | The State (Columbia, S.C.) | Published: February 25, 2021 COLUMBIA, S.C. (Tribune News Service) Brig. Gen. Milford H. Beagle Jr., a South Carolina native who has served as the commander at Fort Jackson since 2018, has been given a new assignment, according to the Department of Defense. Beagle will leave the Army installation in Columbia to be the commanding general of the 10th Mountain Division (Light) at Fort Drum in New York, according to the Pentagon. Fort Jackson s next commanding general, who will be in charge of the U.S. Army Training Center, will be Brig. Gen. Patrick R. Michaelis, the Department of Defense said.