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Broc Page, son of David and Carol Page of Worthington, entered the delayed entry program of the Air Force on Feb. 15, 2005, and shipped to basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, on Jan. 17.Page is a 2005 graduate of Lenape Vo-Tech School, Ford City.Navy Lt. Cmdr.

Kevin Healy, a 1989 graduate of Moniteau High School, is in the middle of a scheduled deployment while assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 87 embarked aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, homeported in Norfolk, Va.Healy's unit conducted more than 4,000 sorties and provided surveillance, reconnaissance and close air support to ground forces in Iraq.Healy's squadron flies the F/A-18C Hornet, a single-seat, all-weather fighter and attack aircraft used for force projection, interdiction, close and deep air support and fleet air defense.Healy joined the Navy in May 1993.Navy Petty Officer 1st Class

Tod Bowman, brother of Linda Beveridge of Butler and brother of Dennis Bowman of Greenville, is in the middle of a scheduled deployment while assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook, homeported in Norfolk, Va.Bowman's unit conducted more than 4,000 sorties and provided surveillance, reconnaissance and close air support to ground forces in Iraq.Bowman, a 1981 graduate of Reynolds High School of Greenville, joined the Navy in January 1987.Air Force Airman

Michael Lewis has graduated from basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.Lewis is the son of Dan and Karen Lewis of Butler.The airman is a 2004 graduate of Butler High School.On Dec. 9, Pvt. 2nd Class

Travis Swidzinski graduated from basic and infantry training with Foxtrot Co., 2nd Battalion, 19th Infantry Division at Fort Benning, Ga.He reported to the Pennsylvania National Guard in Connoquenessing to join his unit, Alpha Co., 112th, on Jan. 15.He is the son of Carl Swidzinski Jr. and the grandson of Carl and Nancy Swidzinski Sr., all of Butler.

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