Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class

Jessica Ritterbusch, daughter of Manuela and David Curran of East Brady, is currently in the middle of a routine scheduled deployment while assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, homeported in Bremerton, Wash.Ritterbusch, a 1998 graduate of Karns City High School, joined the Navy in November 2001.---Air Force Airman 1st Class

Stephanie Durst has been named the Air Force Materiel Command's Chief Master Sgt. Michael A. Gambuti Airman Pharmacy Technician of the Year for 2004.Selection was based on the individual's exemplary duty performance, other achievements and notable accomplishments.Durst, a pharmacy journeyman, is the daughter of Mark and Sandy Himmel of Great Falls, Mont.Her husband, Ian, is the son of Mark Durst and Vicky Durst, both of Sarver.She is a 2002 graduate of C.M. Russell High School, Great Falls.---Air Force Reserve Senior Airman

Dorrina Armstrong has graduated from the flight nurse course at the School of Aerospace Medicine, Brooks City-Base, San Antonio, Texas, where she was trained to perform duties as a medical crewmember serving in aeromedical evacuation units.Armstrong, an aeromedical technician assigned to the 911th Airlift Wing, Pittsburgh, is the daughter of Dona Armstrong of Slippery Rock and granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Albert of Harrisville.The airman is a 2002 graduate of Slippery Rock High School.

Area veterans of the who are members of the Swift Boat Sailors Association are invited to attend the association's reunion May 26 to 29 in St. Louis, Mo. For information, contact Joe Ponder, 6986 Deer Springs Road, Keystone Heights, FL 32656-8692; phone, 352-473-2481; or e-mail, josephponder@cs.com.