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Military trainees and new recruits listed with hometowns
Marine Cpl Matthew Buege trained at Bridgeport California in mountain warfare. Air Force Airman Lanear Brown and Kwanza Gholson completed Lackland basic training in San Antonio Texas earning credits toward an associate degree. Army Delayed Entry Program enlistees Timothy Granville, Jerrod Amison, Toni Toliver, Latrece Whitaker and others trained at Fort Benning, Fort Jackson and Fort Leonard Wood with benefits up to $50 000 toward college. Navy Petty Officers Phillip Trice and Kimberley Gallagher deployed to the Mediterranean and Gulf regions. Marine Pvt Randolph McKenzie Peter Walker Kurt Brosz and others completed basic training at San Diego and received field and weapons instruction.
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Cpl
Matthew Buege
Joel and
Dorthea Buege
Crete
Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center
Bridgeport
Calif
Ilinois Lutheran High School
Marine Corps
Air Force
Lanear Brown
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Texas
Community College of the Air Force
Brown
Karen Brown
Rich South High School
Richton Park
Kwanza Gholson
The
Elvina Gholson
Park Forest
Crete Monee High School
Timothy Granville
United States Army
U.S. Army
Chicago Heights
Granville
Thornridge High School
Dalton
Fort Benning
Columbus
Dorothy
Samuel Granville
Shionnae Thomas
Thomas
Vernice Thomas
Jimmie Miller
Country Club Hills
Rich Central High School
Olympia Fields
Asa Moore
Moore
Shirley Moore
Randolph McKenzie
Lavonne McKenzie
Sauk Village
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
San Diego
McKenzie
Bloom Trail High School
Jerrod Amison
Orland Park
Amison
Hillcrest High School
Fort Jackson
Columbia
S.C
Toni Toliver
Toliver
Latrece Whitaker
USS
Evergreen Park
Whitaker
Rich East High School
Chicago
Fort Leonard Wood
Waynesville
Lila Whitaker
Marine Pvt
Kurt Brosz
Kimberly Myers
Brosz
Allan B. Shepard High School
Palos Hills