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Local air force and navy recruits named in service listings
The column lists numerous service members with hometown addresses who have completed basic training or been assigned to bases. Individuals include Airman Gary Cecil of Lorain assigned to Lowry AFB Colorado after basic training and Navy Seaman Recruit Robert Burtze of Avon Lake who completed recruit training at Great Lakes. Other entries note assignments to Lackland, Sheppard, Chanute, or Fort Meade, and a Marine corporal returning from deployments in the Mediterranean and Indian Ocean with port visits in Italy, Spain, France, and Greece. The list also mentions an outstanding airman of the month at George AFB and various others from Lorain, Avon Lake, Oberlin, Vermilion, North Olmsted, and surrounding areas.
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Gary Cecil
Dean Cecil
Lorain
Marcia Buckley
Krebs Road
Avon Lake
Lowry Air Force Base
Colo
Air Force
Bruce Sheetz
Ralph Sheetz
Salem Ave
Mediterranean Sea
Indian Ocean
Italy
Spain
France
Greece
Miguelina Horvatich
Gloria Horvatich
30Th St
Merley Daniels
Roosevelt Daniels
E. Vine St
Oberlin
Sheppard Air Force Base
Texas
Charles Alfultis
Harold Alfultis
Center Ridge Road
North Ridgeville
George Air Force Base
Calif