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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 mi ....