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    Col. Jeffrey J. Jarvensivu Celebration of Life and Memorial Service

    DUNKIRK, MD, UNITED STATES

    01.08.2014

    Story by Maj. Gregg Moore 

    Military Intelligence Readiness Command

    DUNKIRK, Md. – On behalf of the family of Col. Jeffrey J. Jarvensivu, the Military Intelligence Readiness Command is announcing a Celebration of Life Ceremony honoring his life and legacy. The memorial service will be held Saturday, Jan. 11, at the Dunkirk Volunteer Fire Department, at 3 p.m.

    Jarvensivu, who enlisted as an Army infantryman in 1982, died Saturday, Jan. 4, at the age of 48. His long military career continued as a Military Intelligence officer with increasing levels of responsibility. In 1996, he transitioned from the active component Army to the Army Reserve. His final Army Reserve assignments included commanding a detachment of the 2300 Military Intelligence Group in Maryland from 2009 to 2012 and as the Chief of Cyber Operations at the Military Intelligence Readiness Command in Virginia.

    His civilian employment, beginning in 1996, included intelligence positions with the Drug Enforcement Administration and the State Police in Arizona until 2003. Jarvensivu then worked in the Washington, D.C., area at the Depart of Defense Counterintelligence Field Activity and finally at the Defense Intelligence Agency.

    The commanding general of the Military Intelligence Readiness Command will award Jarvensivu the Legion of Merit posthumously.

    Additional information can be found at www.raymondwood.com.

    In lieu of flowers, the family asks anyone desiring to make a contribution in Jeff’s honor to the Army Division of the Wounded Warrior Program.

    For more information please contact the Military Intelligence Readiness Command Public Affairs Officer at (703) 992-5943 or gregg.a.moore.mil@mail.mil.

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    Date Taken: 01.08.2014
    Date Posted: 01.08.2014 21:04
    Story ID: 118935
    Location: DUNKIRK, MD, US

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