Payne Honorman Honored at Great Lakes Recruit Training
Seaman Recruit Stephen H. Payne received the Honorman award at Recruit Training Command Great Lakes presented by Marine Col. John McLaughlin. Payne will attend 14 weeks of radio school at San Diego Naval Base. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Harry M Payne of Winchester Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen H. Payne
Recruit Training Command
Great Lakes, Ill
John McLaughlin
Payne
San Diego Naval Base
San Diego
Calif
Harry M. Payne
S. Braddock St
Winchester
Army Honors Grove With Civilian Meritorious Service Medal
Edward H. Grove received the Army Meritorious Service Medal for Civilians after 34 years of service with the Army. The award was presented at Arlington Hall Station by BG William I Rolyn, deputy commanding general of the U S Army Security Agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward H. Grove
Claude M. Grove
Valley Ave
Army
Grove
Dept. of the Army
William I Rolyn
U.S. Army Security Agency
Arlington Hall Station
Valley residents join Air Force from Winchester recruiting office
Four local residents began active duty with the U S Air Force through the Winchester office. Ronald J Couter a 1973 James Wood High School graduate is son of Mr and Mrs Donald B Couter Betty A Morgan a 1974 Handley High School graduate is daughter of Mrs Ada R Morgan Roger L Matthews and Bruce M Bly Strasburg High School graduates Matthews class of 1973 Bly class of 1974 Matthews is married to Robyn O Luttrell of Strasburg Bly is son of Mr and Mrs Donald E Bly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley
U.S. Air Force
Winchester Air Force
Winchester
Ronald J. Couter
James Wood High School
Donald B. Couter
Betty A. Morgan
Handley High School
Ada R. Morgan
Strasburg
Roger L. Matthews
Bruce M. Bly
Air Force
Matthews
Bly
Robyn O. Luttrell
Donald E. Bly
Butler Completes Academy Tour
Lt. Col. John Kenneth Butler an Air Force Reserve officer and academy liaison for the 7th Congressional District has completed a brief active duty tour at the Air Force Academy near Colorado Springs. He serves as admissions counselor while continuing as general manager and treasurer of Winchester Equipment Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kenneth Butler
Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs
Colo
Butler
Winchester Equipment Co
Air Force Commends T/Sgt Melvin Whitlock
T/Sgt Melvin Whitlock Jr. a Winchester native, honored with the Air Force Commendation Medal for meritorious service as court liaison with the Armed Forces police detachment in Washington 1971 to 1975. He has 16 years in the Air Force with duty in the Philippines Okinawa Turkey McGuire AFB Bolling AFB Johnston Island and Thailand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin T. Whitlock Jr
Winchester
Air Force
Whitlock
Jean Huff Altman
Oxon Hill
Philippines
Okinawa
Turkey
McGuire Afb
N.J
Johnston Island
Bolling Afb
Washington
Thailand
Sgt. Whitlock
Armed Forces Police
Jack S. Howe
Stacey Receives Meritorious Mast at Cherry Point
Marine Lance Corporal Thomas H. Stacey and his wife Janet Brill are named in the notice. Stacey earned a Meritorious Mast at the Marine Air Station Cherry Point after a commanding officer commended his outstanding duty performance. The document notes his in law links to the Brill family of Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas H. Stacey
Janet
Oland Brill
Haines Dr
Winchester
Marine Oe
Cherry Point
Navy Recruit Peters Graduates at Great Lakes Training Center
Fireman Recruit Thomas G. Peters of 600 Atwell Ave Winchester graduates from recruit training at the Naval Training Center Great Lakes. The program covered seamanship military regulations fire fighting close order drill first aid and Navy history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Thomas G. Peters
Atwell Ave
Winchester
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Ill
Airman Wymer Completes Air Armament Course
Airman First Class Dennis W. Wymer of Middletown has graduated from the Air Training Command air armament mechanic course. He becomes a specialist in F-106 Delta Dart weapon control systems and can receive Community College of the Air Force credits. Assigned to Tyndall AFB Florida. Wymer is a 1974 School, Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis W. Wymer
Middletown
U.S. Air Force
Air Training Command
Wymer
Glenn A. Wymer
Rt. 1
Community College of the Air Force
Tyndall Afb
Fla
Airman
James Wood High School
Winchester
Pvt Fix Assigned To German Airfield
Army private Henry W. Fix, son of Mrs. Hazel C. Fix of Front Royal, is assigned as a helicopter repairman with the 205th Aviation Company at Finthen Army Airfield in Mainz Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W. Fix
Hazel C. Fix
Rt. 2
Front Royal
205Th Aviation Company
Finthen Army Airfield
Mainz
Germany
Coast Guard honors Richard Garrison for exemplary 1973 service
Richard Garrison of Berryville is commended for exemplary service from January to December 1973 at Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City North Carolina. He helped complete assignments including a management study of aircraft resources improving coordination budgeting and use of transport planes in the Atlantic area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coast Guard
Richard G. Garrison
James G. Garrison
Rt. 2
Berryville
Coast Guard Air
Elizabeth City
N.C
Garrison
Atlantic
Walters Leads Field Exercise in Hawaii
Sgt. Gary R. Walters, son of Mr and Mrs Harold A Walters, participated in a field training exercise on Oahu Hawaii. The drill tested the 25th Infantry Division headquarters ability to operate under simulated combat conditions at Schofield Barracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary R. Walters
Harold A. Walters
Rt.1
Middletown
Oahu
Hawaii
Sgt. Walters
25Th Infantry
Schofield Barracks
Also Mentioned on This Page
Earl H. Coates Jr
Gerald R. Ford
Selective Service System
Coates
Internal Revenue Service Center
Martinsburg
W. Va
U.S. Army
Loretta Elaine Moten
Gray Avenue
Richard M. Beanum
Frederick County
Beamum
Burton’s
Ward Plaza
Virginia
Ward Plaza Merchant’s Association
Winchester Star
Greenwood Heights
Major Pasquet
Air University
Maxwell Afb
Ala
George A. Pasquet
Jean Pasquet
S. Stewart St
Pasquet
Maxwell
Air Command and Staff College
Pacific Air Forces
Clark AB
Randolph Macon Academy
U.S. Air Force Academy
Auburn University
R.B. Fisher
Stephen Payne
Air Force Duty
Hanesma
Hanes
Loudoun St. Mall
Huntsberry
Melvin Whitlock
Thomas Peters
Corporal Stacey
Pvt. Fix
Rouse Avenue
Eoper Jewelers
Cooper’s Jewelers
Cooper
ALL Holloware
Loudoun St
Abe Cooper
Mgr
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