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Military Families Highlight Local Service Members
Local residents and relatives are cited for several service achievements and career milestones. Daniel Uppercue, Navy Airman Recruit, serves aboard USS Wasp in Norfolk after completing half of a six month Persian Gulf deployment. Marine Cpl. Donald Lerch earned a promotion with Marine Air Control Squadron 5 in Beaufort. Coast Guard PO3 James Brock, a Gov. Thomas Johnson High School graduate, completed Coxswain School in Yorktown. Navy Lt. Craig Salt notched his first solo flight at Whiting Field. Pvt 2 William Sohm, an Army Transportation Corps graduate at Fort Eustis with a distinguished military graduate status, is the son of Frederick residents. Master Sgt. Steven Lawrence earned an associate degree through the Community College of the Air Force while stationed at McGuire AFB. Mrs. Downs, Adamstown, received a Sigma Phi Alpha Beta Psi Chapter scholarship to Allegany Community College for dental hygiene studies, aiming for pediatric dentistry in Frederick. The Downs family—D. Allen Downs and children's Jeffrey, Kenny, and Lesley—are noted community volunteers and leaders.