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Military Dispatch Highlights Local Graduates in Service
Navy Seaman Recruit Steven Gunn, a 1995 Crete Monee High School graduate, completed Navy boot camp at Great Lakes. Marine and Army reservists from Bloom Trail Rich East Beecher and other local schools are listed for basic training, deployments, and assignments across San Diego Camp Pendleton Lackland Fort Benning and Yokota amid Hurricanes relief and regional operations.
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Navy
Steven Gunn
Crete-Monee High School
Crete
U.S. Navy
Recruit Training Command
Great Lakes
Gunn
Marine Pvt
Gerald R. McEwen
Gerald and
Danitra A. McEwen
Hazel Crest
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
San Diego
Calif
Eric A. Klekot
Michael S. Klekot
Florence Owen
Lynwood
Beecher High School
Beecher
Army Reserve
Heriberto Garza
New Horizons
Guatemala
U.S
Central America
Georges
Mitch
Garza
822Nd
Fort Dearborn
Rosemont
Gwendolyn
Richton Park
Peter D. Walker
Gene F
Patricia A. Walker
Steger
Bloom Trail High School
Chicago Heights
Air Force
Gilbert Casillas
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Texas
Casillas
Esmaragdo
Celia Casillas
Bloom High School
Robert E. McLeod
Naval Medical Center
Rich East High School
Park Forest
Isaac N. Rutherford
Tina I. Rutherford
Homewood
Bishop Noll Institute
Hammond
Ind
Army
David H. White
Fort Benning
Columbus
White
Shirley R. White
Country Club Hills
Marilyn K. Mackay
Michael
John M. Machay
Matteson
Basic High School
Henderson
Jeremias Pittman
Pittman
Claudia D. Pittman
Hillcrest High School
Alfreda A. Savage
Army Reserve Officer Training Corps
Fort Lewis
Tacoma
Wash
U.S. Army
National Guard
Reserve
Governors State University
University Park
Savage
Yvonne Savage
Alfred P. Savage Sr
Rich Central High School
Olympia Fields