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Serving America
Heritage High School graduates Cameron J. Altman and Joey M. Domeier graduated from the United States Coast Guard Training Center in Cape May, N.J. on April 6. Both of these outstanding young men w...

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Joseph R Ziegler
Joseph R Ziegler, a 2011 Deer Valley High School graduate, recently completed his basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas, where he received his BMT Ribbon and National Defense ...

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Heroes honored
On April 9, 1942, 76,000 Filipino and American soldiers surrendered to Japanese forces and were forced to walk 80 miles to a prison camp in Capas, Tarlac. The Filipino-American Association of Pit...

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Memorial tiles destined for Veterans Park
Those who wish to be remembered as an American veteran or preserve the name of a loved one who honorably served the United States of America are invited to be a part of the effort to install memori...

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1st Lt. Bethann Eckenrod in a Blackhawk helicopter in Afghanistan. The Brentwood resident is helping NATO forces train locals to become self-sufficient.<br><i>Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army</i>

Shoulder to shoulder in a man’s world
In 1981, when the U.S. Congress began honoring the generations of women whose contributions had proven invaluable to society, Brentwood’s Bethann Eckenrod was 2 years old. Today, as National Women’...

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Volunteers prepare some of the thousands of care packages sent to troops overseas by Operation Creekside. Grazie! Grille at The Streets of Brentwood is holding a special fundraising dinner for the group on March 13.<br><i>Press file photo</i>

Troop support takes to The Streets
If you’re looking for a night of food, fellowship and a worthy cause, bring your appetite – and your patriotism – to Grazie! Grille at The Streets of Brentwood on March 13. Operation Creekside, th...

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Teresa Wiens
Teresa Wiens graduated from Navy boot camp in Great Lakes, Ill. on Feb. 17. She continues her Navy career at Fort Sam Houston in Texas, where she is studying to become a hospital corpsman.

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Staff Sgt. Jon Adams is congratulated by Lt. Col Bill Carter, who has just presented the Knightsen resident a Purple Heart for being wounded in Afghanistan. For a slide show of the evening, <a href="http://www.thepress.net/bookmark/17632976">click here</a>.<Br><i>Photo by Richard Wisdom</i>

Surprise for returning veteran
It’s not an easy thing, sneaking up on a sniper. But if you thought it couldn’t be done, you might have underestimated the power of a mother. U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jon Adams, a Knighsten resident a...

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Vincent Silva
Vincent Silva April 12, 1918-Feb. 16, 2012 Longtime Pittsburg resident and native son of the State of New Mexico Vincent Silva left this world on Feb. 16, 2012 to reunite with wife Rose and son ...

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Brendan Walker
U.S. Army Private Second Class Brendan Walker, a 2011 graduate of Heritage High School, is starting the second phase of his AIT training for EOD (explosive ordnance disposal) at Eglin Air Force Bas...

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