Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Zachary P. Carleton has been mobilized and activated at Fort Dix, N.J., in preparation for deployment to serve in support of either Operations Iraqi Freedom or Enduring Freedom. Carleton is a member of the 94th Military Police Company, Londonderry, N.H.

The soldiers are normally activated from Army Reserve or Army National Guard units from throughout the U.S. They go through a series of in-processing procedures and training classes that prepare them for skills and situations they may face in their deployed environment.

Carleton is a military police member with seven years of military service.

He is the son of Patrick and Pamela Carleton of Chesterville. His wife, Melanie, is the daughter of Merle and Carole Sweetser of West Farmington.

The staff sergeant graduated in 2001 from Mount Blue High School, and received a bachelor’s degree in 2006 from the University of Maine at Farmington.