Army Maj. Jonathan S. Matey is currently deployed as a member of Task Force Marne, one of more than 20,000 soldiers from the Fort Stewart, Ga.-based 3rd Infantry Division and elements of the 101st Airborne Division from Fort Campbell, Ky. The soldier is serving a 15-month tour in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Matey, a reconciliation cell commander and space operations officer, is assigned to Headquarters, Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division. He has served in the military for 13 years.
He is the son of George A. and Mary E. Matey of W. 54th Ave., Arvada.
The major graduated in 1991 from Arvada West Senior High School, and received a bachelor’s degree in 1995 from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Matey earned a master’s degree in 2006 from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif.