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David Sheely Sr. of Mineral Ridge served in the Army National Guard’s 838th Military Police Company during Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. MINERAL RIDGE — Like father, like son. Like father, like son. Like father, like sons.

Years after his grandfather and father were in the U.S. Army, David Sheely Sr. joined the same military branch.

His two sons also followed that path.

The lifelong Mineral Ridge resident said, “I always thought about it, and I wanted to do it. I just wanted to further my education in law enforcement and in life experience.”

Working as a deputy sheriff with the Mahoning County Sheriff’s Office at that time, he made the change to military life in 1997 and joined the Ohio National Guard’s 838th Military Police Company.

“I wanted to (join th

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