Military AnnouncementsCelebrating Tri-Community's young men and women in the Service of our Country
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Shawn E. Cummings
Shawn E. Cummings graduated from the Army ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) Leader Development and Assessment Course, also known as “Operation Warrior Forge,” at Fort Lewis, Tacoma, Wash.
The 32 days of training provide the best possible professional training and evaluation for all cadets in the aspects of military life, administration and logistical support. Although continued military training and leadership development is included in the curriculum, the primary focus of the course is to develop and evaluate each cadet’s officer potential as a leader by exercising the cadet’s intelligence, common sense, ingenuity and physical stamina. The cadet command assesses each cadet’s performance and progress in officer traits, qualities and professionalism while attending the course.
Cadets in their junior and senior year of college must complete the leadership development course. Upon successful completion of the course, the ROTC program, and graduation from college, cadets are commissioned as second lieutenants in the U.S. Army, National Guard, or Reserve.
The cadet is a student at Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, Calif.
He is a 2006 graduate of Serrano High School, Phelan, Calif.
Air National Guard Airman Matthew J. Saint John
Air National Guard Airman Matthew J. Saint John graduated
from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.
The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that
included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values,
physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.
Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward
an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air
Force.
He is the son of John Saint
John of Dallas
St., Los Angeles, Calif., and Deborah Saint John of Dos Palmas Road, Phelan,
Calif.
Saint John is a 1999 graduate
of John Marshall
High School, Los Angeles.
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Air Force Airman Shane S. Antonio
Air Force Airman Shane S. Antonio graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.
The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.
Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.
He is the son of Randy Antonio of Via Puesta Del Sol, Temecula, Calif., and Penny Hillin of Beaver Ave., Phelan, Calif.
Antonio is a 2007 graduate of Temecula Valley High School, Temecula.
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Air Force Airman 1st Class Jack J. Okon
Air Force Airman 1st Class Jack J. Okon is currently deployed in Southwest Asia at a forward operating base assigned to a unit within the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW). The 386th AEW has a diverse mission of canvassing the U.S. Central Command’s area of responsibility.
As the primary aerial hub for Operation Iraqi Freedom, the 386th AEW also provides airlift support for Operation Enduring Freedom and the Horn of Africa. Air Force C-130 Hercules cargo/transport aircraft fly missions rotating Soldiers and Marines in and out of the deployed area of responsibility and move cargo to forward operating bases.
The wing is comprised of Airmen from the Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve and active duty Air Force. Many Airmen of the 386th AEW serve outside the wire with the wing’s 586th Air Expeditionary Group. At the largest theater internment facility in Iraq, the Airmen provide security at the facility, security for convoys, and lead line-haul convoy missions to all forward operating bases throughout Iraq.
The 386th is also home to one of two contingency aeromedical staging facilities in the theater which serve as gateways for patients airlifted to Germany or the U.S. for further medical treatment.
The servicemember is normally assigned to the 755th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Ariz.
Okon, an aircraft hydraulic systems journeyman, has served in the military for
two years.
He is the son of Heidi L. Okon of Pinon Hills, Calif., and grandson of Sylvia Woodward of N. Easley Canyon Road, Glendora, Calif.
The airman is a 2005 graduate of Serrano High School, Phelan, Calif.
Army Pvt. Corey A. Milne
Army Pvt. Corey A. Milne has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.
During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field tactics, military courtesy, military justice system, basic first aid, foot marches, and field
training exercises.
Army Pvt. Matthew T. McDonald
Army Pvt. Matthew T. McDonald has graduated from Basic Combat Training at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla.
During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission and received instruction and training exercises in drill and ceremonies, Army history, core values and traditions, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid, rifle marksmanship, weapons use, map reading and land navigation, foot marches, armed and unarmed combat, and field maneuvers and tactics.
He is the son of Patricia Burke of 11th St., Bloomington, Calif., and stepson of Shane Burke of
Phelan, Calif.
McDonald is a 2006 graduate of the Chino Adult
School, Calif.
Milne is the son of Denise Milne of Wrightwood, Calif.
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