Military News
Army Sgt. 1st Class
Vaughn Jones arrived for duty at the Pueblo Army Career Center, Colo.Jones, a recruiter with 17 years of military service, is assigned to the Denver Army Recruiting Battalion, Colo.He is the son of Vaughn and Nancy Jones of Renfrew.His wife, Michelle, is the daughter of Carol Larsen of Colorado Springs, Colo.The sergeant first class graduated in 1990 from Seneca Valley High School and received a bachelor's degree in 2001 from the University of Phoenix, Colorado Springs.———
Army Reserve Capt. <B>Aaron McKivigan </B>was mobilized and activated for deployment overseas to a forward operating base in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.The captain, a military police officer with nine years of military service, is normally assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 312th Training Support, Butler.He is the son of Janice McKivigan of Butler.His wife, Khris, is the daughter of John W. Gross of Salem, Ohio.McKivigan graduated in 1994 from Butler High School and received a master's degree in 2000 from Indiana (Pa.) University.———
Army Reserve Pvt. <B>Ashley Pisor </B>graduated from basic training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C., to be a member of the Army National Guard or Reserve Split-option Program.The program allows students between their junior and senior year of high school to attend national guard or reserve weekend drills while still in school and pursue a military career specialty after they graduate from high school.She is the daughter of Tammy Pisor of Boyers.Pisor is a student at Moniteau High School.———
Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class <B>Cody Hawk</B>, son of Pamela Hawk of Freeport, recently completed the Navy Nuclear Power Training Unit course at Naval Nuclear Power Training Command, Goose Creek, S.C., and was designated a nuclear power operator.Hawk, a 2002 graduate of Freeport High School, joined the Navy in October 2007.———
Air Force Airman <B>Amanda Evachek </B>graduated from basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.She is the daughter of Michele Altemus of Sarver.Evachek is a 2008 graduate of Freeport High School.
