Koster honored as Veteran of the Year

Ceremony took place at OUS The Lawrence County Veteran of the Year ceremony took place on Thursday at Ohio University Southern, and an Ironton and Coal Grove native was honored as this year’s recipient of the award. A Dawson-Bryant High School graduate, Adam Koster’s career of service began at a young age, when he volunteered with the Coal Grove Fire Department, while at the same time, putting in hours coaching youth football. Adam Koster was inducted as the 2026 Lawrence County Veteran of the Year on Nov. 5. (Submitted photo) Setting aside college and walk-on football at Marietta College, Koster enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1985, serving as an intelligence specialist aboard two aircraft carriers, the USS Nimitz and the USS George Washington, as well as at Atlantic Intelligence Command in Norfolk, Virginia. Koster’s service led him to take part in Operations Desert Storm and Desert Shield as part of the Persian Gulf War of 1991.

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