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Navy personnel noted in Pacific predeployment exercise
Navy records highlight several service members from Illinois and Indiana in a large Pacific predeployment exercise aboard USS Carl Vinson and related ships. Andres Avi Avila of Chicago selguts, a Petty Officer Second Class, serves aboard with Keller, while Navy Airman Manual E. Cadena and Airman Nickolias F. Langford also participate on Eisenhower deployments. Marine Pvt Jonathon Metzger and Petty Officer Scott Coy are noted as graduates from Bloom and Rich South High Schools, respectively, with service in the Mediterranean and Arabian Gulf areas.
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Navy
Andres Avi
Jose
Linda Avila
Chicago
Selguts
Pacific Ocean
Carl Vinson
Bremerton
Wash
13Th Marine Expeditionary Unit
Bloom High School
Chicago Heights
E. Cadena
William and
Areli Moreno
Mediterranean Sea
Arabian Gulf
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Nickolias F. Langford
JoAnn Rayburn
Park Forest
Horace Mann High School
Gary
Ind
Scott W. Coy
Barbara J. Coy
Tina
Paul
Gale Nicholson
Richton Park
G Glaeser
David Glaeser
Gerri Zielinski
Orland Park
U.S. Navy
Uss Carl Vinson
Uss Boxer
Carl Sandburg High School
Palos Township