(Right) U.S. Army Sgt. John M. Critz, of Hattiesburg,

(Right) U.S. Army Sgt. John M. Critz, of Hattiesburg, is promoted to the rank of staff sergeant by Brig. Gen. Philip R. Fisher, commander of Joint Sustainment Command –Afghanistan. Critz is a native of Philadelphia, Miss., and a graduate of Neshoba Central High School. He currently serves as a visual information equipment operator and maintainer for JSC-A. Staff Sgt. Critz is a member of the Mississippi Army National Guard’s 184th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, serving as an electronics mechanic at Camp Shelby. He has been deployed to Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom since early October.