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in Education and did well, and in his second year, Jon and Katherine
became a military endowed the Jon T. and Dr. Katherine A. Harris
contractor, Warrior's Scholarship for Veterans. This scholarship
counseling soon- awards funds each year to any honorably discharged
to-be veterans veteran at the law school. It was the first time a
on their benefits, current student had created a scholarship. Sometimes
education, and overlooked, military spouses serve right along with
careers in the their partners, and the next year, Katherine endowed
civilian world. another scholarship dedicated to military spouses at
Each one of the main campus. This scholarship is awarded yearly
those men and to a military or veteran spouse at Texas Tech.
women raised
their hands and Today, at 67, Jon is an Assistant Criminal Prosecutor
Jon in his office in Clovis. The picture on with the 9th Judicial District Attorney's Office in
the wall above his head and to his right volunteered to
is the military dog team he mentions at protect our way Clovis, New Mexico, just across the Texas border. On
the closing of the article the wall of Jon's office, there is a picture of a military
of life, and she
makes sure they dog team titled "Once More into The Breech." It seems
are taken care of when their military service is over. the Harrises have never shied away from taking that
She travels all over the United States to military step.
installations for every branch of the service, and
Jon likes to joke that it is now her turn to deploy.

2010 was a momentous year for the Harrises.
Their son Joel, who was an infant when they
were stationed in Germany, graduated from The
United States Military Academy at West Point
and became an officer in the US Army. That
same year, Jon was severely injured while on
patrol and found that being on the streets was
no longer something he could do because of the
PTSD he suffered from that event. Somewhat
counterintuitive, and at the advice of the medical
professionals he was seeing, he took a position
as a private military explosive detection canine
handler and spent the next five and a half years
in Afghanistan and Iraq, protecting our service
members from the improvised explosive devices We are a Certified
(IEDs) and boobytraps that were used by the VA Community Provider.
Taliban and others against our troops.

Fate would play a part in their lives once again. Start the journey to better hearing today.
Jon was injured in a rocket attack from ISIS while
in Iraq. With the surgeon saying his tactical
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Tech School of Law in Lubbock. He started law enrolled in VA health care to use community care benefits. For more information on the
Mission Act, and what this will do for all Veterans, please go to www.MISSIONAct.va.gov.
school at the ripe old age of 60. Being the oldest Livingston Audiologists are certified in-network VA providers and may provide services to
those veterans who meet eligibility criteria under the Mission Act and who have the proper
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