Thursday, Feburary 2, 2012 Camp Shelby REVEILLE Page 9

By DANA ELISE SMITHCamp Shelby Public Affairs

Sandra Henderson resides in Lumberton andworks as an education assistant at the EducationCenter at Camp Shelby Joint Forces TrainingCenter. Her duties include helping Soldiers tomake the most use of their educational benefits.

Henderson graduated from Mississippi GulfCoast Community College in Perkinston, with anassociate degree in 1982.

She went on to graduate from the Universityof Southern Mississippi in 1984 with a bache-lor’s degree in Criminal Justice. In 1992, she ob-tained an additional bachelor’s degree inEducation from Thomas College located inThomasville, Ga.

Henderson previously served in the military.She enlisted in the regular Army Signal Corps in1984 and was immediately stationed in Germanyuntil 1991. She deployed overseas in support ofOperation Desert Storm to Saudi Arabia, Iraq andKuwait from 1990 to 1991. When her servicecame to a close, she had achieved the rank ofCaptain.

She is married to retired Lt. Col. James Hen-derson, who has served in the U.S. Army Quar-termaster Corps for 21 years. He currently worksas a consultant for the Army.

They have two sons; Anthony, 24, who is achef in New Orleans, and her son, Aaron, 22,who lives locally, is a senior at the University ofSouthern Mississippi.

She is involved in many community organiza-tions. She is a proud member of the Purvis BookClub and the Order of the Eastern Star of theMason Fraternity.

She has been a volunteer for the American RedCross since 2005.

In her spare time, Henderson enjoys traveling,entertaining, watching football, reading andspending time with family and friends.

Henderson aids Soldiers’ education

Sandra Henderson serves as an education assis-tant at CSJFTCʼs Education Center.

CIVILIAN PROFILE Editor’s Note: Hereis a note from Brig.

Gen. (Ret.) BobbyThornton, the previous

Installation DeputyCommander at Camp

Shelby Joint ForcesTraining Center. Per

his request, after the re-cent lost of his motherin a house fire and forthe continued support

and prayers for his fa-ther who is still recov-

ering in the hospital:

Perhaps you sent a lovely card, or sat quietly in a chair. Perhaps you sent the beautiful flowers, we saw sitting there.

Perhaps you spoke the kindest words, as any friend could say. Perhaps you were not there at all, just thought of us that day.

To our Camp Shelby Family:

Whatever you did to console our hearts we thank you so muchfor whatever part. Thank you for your continued prayers, love andsupport for our family.

– Sincerely, Bobby and Dixie Thornton

By DANA ELISE SMITHCamp Shelby Public Affairs

Capt. Scott A. Singleton, a native of HuberHeights, Ohio, serves as the Deputy Commanderfor Administration for Medical Task ForceShelby at Camp Shelby Joint Forces TrainingCenter.

His duties include working with the Militaryand Civilian Personnel, Patient Administrationand Information Management and Contractingsections.

He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in ex-ercise science and human performance fromMiddle Tennessee State University, located inMurfreesboro, Tenn., in 2006.

Singleton currently has 10 years of militaryservice. He obtained a Military OccupationalSpecialty in Fire Direction Control for the Mul-tiple Launch Rocket System before he changedhis MOS to an Operating Room Specialist.

Singleton was commissioned in 2006 with anarea of concentration in Health Services Admin-istration.

He deployed to Iraq from 2007 to 2009 andserved as the Battle Captain and Battalion Med-ical Officer with 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Di-vision headquartered at Fort Campbell.

His job was to report directly to the com-

mander on unit medicalreadiness issues.

Singleton has beenserving at CSJFTC sinceJuly 2009. He said thathe misses his Family andfriends at home, espe-cially his nine-year-oldson, Jordan.

“I miss my Familyand friends, my son, es-pecially. We don’t real-ize how much we’vesacrificed until the littleone at home says, ‘I missyou daddy’,” said Sin-gleton.

He spends much ofhis spare time with hisfiancé, Bryanna ReneeThomes, who is servingwith the Medical Battalion Training Site atCSJFTC.

“We enjoy working out at Versus Strength andConditioning and participating in mud runs, 5ks,and other fun runs - more for the fact that we canpush each other’s face in the mud and keep onrunning,” said Singleton.

He plans to wed Thomes in June of this year.

Singleton is Deputy Commander ofCamp Shelby’s Medical Task Force

Medical Task ForceShelbyʼs Capt. Scott

Anthony Singleton andMedical Battalion

Training Siteʼs Capt.Bryanna Renee

Thomes plan to wedin June of this year.

Capt. Scott Anthony Singleton and Capt. Bryanna Renee Thomes were engaged on May 13, 2011. Sin-gleton is currently assigned to the Medical Task Force Shelby and Thomes is assigned to the MedicalBattalion Training Site at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center. Scott Singleton is the son of HarryP. Singleton and Mary M. Giffen of Huber Heights, Ohio. Other Family members include his brother, PaulM. Singleton, and nephew, Brandon Singleton. Scott Singleton has one son, Jordan Scott Singleton.Thomes is the daughter of Bruce and Kim Thomes of Litchfield, Minn. and has two sisters, Tiffany Humbleand MacKenzie Thomes. “The best decision I ever made was to propose to Bryanna. She has shownme so much about the kind of person I want to be and I feel Iʼve become a better person because of her,”said Scott Singelton. “I knew in my heart that Scott was someone special when I first met him. He hasbrought so much to my life and encourages me to be a better person every day. Most of all, I know thatno matter how rough the day is, he can make me laugh every day,” said Bryanna Thomes. The coupleplans to wed on the beach in Destin, Fla. on June 16, 2012

Singleton-Thomes