Welcome Home, Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Kincer! | Community Spirit

LEBANON, OH (FOX19) - Gold Star Chili will host a welcome home reception for Petty Officer 2nd Class, Michael Kincer on Tuesday at the Gold Star in Lebanon.  He will be joined by 30 members of his friends and family that have been anxiously awaiting his safe return home after serving in Afghanistan.

Petty Officer Kincer is a 2005 graduate of Springboro High School and has been a member of the United States Navy since 2006 where he served on the submarine, USS Jimmy Carter through 2011.  He then volunteered to go to Afghanistan as part of a special unit on loan to the U.S. Army.  He has been deployed there since August of 2011 and is happy to be granted a 15 day leave from his duties to visit family and friends back home in Springboro.  After his leave he will return to Afghanistan to complete his tour of duty until March or April of this year.  

Since his deployment his Aunt, Diana Higgins, has single-handedly mobilized the entire Kincer family to volunteer regularly at the Yellow Ribbon Support Center which is a non-profit organization founded in memory of fallen SSgt Matt Maupin based in Union township, Clermont County.  Yellow Ribbon Support Center is credited with sending over 17,500 packages to our troops serving in the Middle East.

The celebration is part of Gold Star’s Serving Our Troops program to honor returning soldiers and their families for their sacrifice.  To date, Gold Star Chili has recognized nearly 155 service men and women and served more than 2600 complimentary meals to honor their service.  Those interested in requesting a reception for someone who is returning home from serving in a U.S. military branch can visit www.goldstarchili.com.

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