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Will Breazeale, a 3 time combat veteran of
wars in Iraq and Kuwait (highest award is the Bronze Star Medal) and
an airline pilot, age 39, of White Lake, NC, is a highly motivated
and dedicated servant of his country and his community. Will is a
candidate for the Republican nomination for the United States House
of Representatives District 7 of North Carolina. He formally filed
as a candidate with the Federal Election Commission on 13 August
2007 and made the public announcement of his candidacy on 6
September 2007. He offers the people of Southeastern North Carolina
the following lifetime experiences and qualifications:
CONNECTION TO CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 7
(Southeastern NC):
- Resident of White Lake, NC (Bladen County)
- Member, Elizabethtown Baptist Church, Elizabethtown, NC (Bladen
County)
- Life Member, Elizabethtown Veteran of Foreign Wars Post,
Elizabethtown, NC (Bladen County)
- Member, Elizabethtown American Legion Post (Bladen County)
- Member, Bladen County Ministerial Association,
Elizabethtown, NC (Bladen County)
- Member, Evangelical Theological Society, Southeastern Region
- Grandson of Monk and Ruby Breazeale (both deceased) of
Wrightsville Beach NC (New Hanover County) Monk Breazeale
managed the Trailways station in Wilmington for decades.
- Many uncles, aunts and cousins live in New Hanover and
Brunswick Counties.
- Second in Command of the highest level Army Reserve unit in
District 7. A Drill Sergeant unit with a war-time strength of
1,000 soldiers, located in Lumberton, NC (Robeson County)
- Member, Angel Flight Network, Southeastern North Carolina.
(Will volunteers his time, money and flying skills to fly
critically ill patients from Southeastern North Carolina to
destinations all over the Eastern United States for medical
treatment and testing.)
- Member, Ducks Unlimited Fairmont Chapter (Robeson County)
- Member, National Rifle Association
EDUCATION:
- Airline Transport Pilot’s License and Boeing 737 Captain
rating, Pan Am Aviation Academy, Miami, FL.
- United States Army Intermediate Leader Education, Fort Dix,
NJ.
- United States Army Command and Staff Services School, Fort
Fisher, NC. (Brunswick County)
- United States Army Air Defense Officer Advanced Course, Fort
Bliss, TX.
- United States Army Air Defense Officer Basic Course, Fort
Bliss, TX.
- United States Army Airborne School, Fort Benning, GA. (Army
Paratrooper)
- Certified Single Engine and Multi-Engine-Instrument Flight
Instructor, Fort Bragg Flying Club, Fort Bragg, NC.
- Part-time Masters of Religion Student with an emphasis in
Pastoral Counseling, Liberty University Theological Seminary,
Lynchburg, VA
- Bachelor of Science-Political Science, Francis Marion
University, Florence, SC. Activities: 4 year Varsity
Letterman-Cross Country, 3 Year Varsity Letterman-Track.
- High School Diploma, Wilson High School, Florence, SC.
Activities: 5 Year Varsity Letterman-Tennis, 1 Year Varsity
Letterman-Track and Cross Country. Science Club.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
- 1990-Present: Major, United States Army Reserve. Battalion
Executive Officer, Lumberton, NC Army Reserve. Last combat
deployment was to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom
as a trainer for the Iraqi Army.
- 2003-Present: Boeing 737 Pilot, Airtran Airways.
- 1998-2003: Dornier 328 Pilot, PSA Airlines. (A wholly owned
subsidiary of US Airways)
 MILITARY DEPLOYMENT/COMBAT EXPERIENCE:
- 1991-Operation Desert Storm, Saudi Arabia and Iraq. Stinger
and Vulcan Air Defense Officer (Provided an U.S. Army Armor
Battalion protection from all enemy air threats while
attacking Iraq during combat operations), 24th Infantry
Division.
- 1993-Operation Bright Star, Cairo Egypt. Air Defense Leader.
(Served as the highest ranking Air Defense Officer in country
to advise and coordinate joint military exercises with the
Egyptian Army), 24th Infantry Division.
- 2004-2005, Operation Enduring Freedom, Camp Arifjan Kuwait.
Chief of Protocol (Worked for a 3 Star General to ensure all
high-level elected officials, military officers, and
government officials were protected, received informational
briefings and had efficient travel/lodging around Kuwait
during combat operations), 3rd United States Army
Headquarters.
- 2006-June 2007, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Northern Iraq.
Battalion Military Transition Team Chief and Division Staff
Officer (Lived with and train Iraqi Army units during combat
operations), Iraqi Assistance Group.
PARENT:
- Will is the father of Darienne Breazeale, age 15, a
sophomore at East Bladen High School in Elizabethtown.
Will Breazeale has had an interesting life to say
the least. He was born to an unwed mother on June 24, 1968 in
Charleston, SC. 20 days later, he was turned over to the Department
of Social Services in Columbia, SC where he was adopted by Dr.
William Breazeale, a now retired Francis Marion University Chemistry
Professor from Mount Pleasant, SC and Madeleine Breazeale, a medical
records clerk for Carolinas Hospital from Florence, SC.
Will grew up in a great and loving home provided
by his adopted parents. He learned from his parents the value of a
good education and the importance of hard work to apply that
education. Will grew up with a brother, Grant Breazeale, now an
Internal Medicine Physician in Cincinnati, OH and a Lieutenant
Colonel in the Ohio National Guard. Will excelled in sports. He was
chosen at age 12 for the Varsity Tennis Team at South Florence High
School and later became the city champion at Cross Country running
his senior year in high school with a time of 16 minutes and 48
seconds for 3.1 miles.
His now deceased grandparents, Monk and Ruby
Breazeale, resided in Wrightsville Beach, NC throughout his
childhood which brought Will to the 7th Congressional District of
North Carolina at an early age. His father, Dr. William Breazeale,
graduated from New Hanover High School and the University of North
Carolina at Wilmington. He also delivered papers for the Wilmington
Star on bicycle at an early age. “We used to travel from Florence
to Wrightsville Beach down U.S. Hwy 76 through the gorgeous towns of
Fair Bluff, Cerro Gordo, Whiteville, Wilmington and Wrightsville
Beach. My grandfather was the Manager of the Trailways Bus Station
for years in Wilmington,” Will recently said.
Will Breazeale will provide the “creative
conservative” leadership for us and our families in this dangerous
world. Will is ready to be our next Congressman! |
