Article updated: 11/19/2012 12:45 PM

DuPage prosecutor, Army major serves county and country

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Mike O'Donnell is joined by a group of children at a bazaar in Bamyan City. O'Donnell, an Army Reservist, is serving his third deployment overseas.

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DuPage County Assistant State's Attorney Mike O'Donnell fires an AK-47 at a range in Bamyan province, Afghanistan.

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DuPage County Assistant State's Attorney Mike O'Donnell is pictured at the site of a road project in Bamyan, Afghanistan, where U.S. forces were assisting engineers with security.

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DuPage County Assistant State's Attorney Mike O'Donnell visits Afghanistan's only national park, the Band-e Amir Lakes. O'Donnell, a member of the Army Reserves, is serving his third overseas deployment in the last decade.

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DuPage County State's Attorney Bob Berlin, left, is presented with the Patriotic Employer Award from Terry McCollom, right, at the DuPage County Bar Association's Veterans Day luncheon.

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Bennett Krause, head of Illinois' ESGR Employment Initiative Program and Helmets to Hardhats program, was the keynote speaker at the DuPage County Bar Association's Veterans Day luncheon.

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When he's not in a DuPage County courtroom prosecuting felonies, Mike O'Donnell can be found in the Middle East serving his country. The 42-year-old Army veteran has been deployed three times in 10 years, including twice while holding down a job at the state's attorney's office. "I guess I just wanted to be a part of the long line of Americans who give back to the country through military service."