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Military Briefs

Air Force 2nd Lt. Eric E. Eibe has arrived at Sheppard

Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Texas, to begin

undergraduate pilot training.

Lt. Eibe will undergo 190 flying hours, 62 simulator

hours, 342 academic hours and 105 officer training hours.

The training qualifies officers to perform duties and

responsibilities of rated pilots.

Eibe is the son of Marsha D. Eibe of Miami, Fla. His

wife, Dawn, is the daughter of Joanne Lucas of Peachtree City, Ga.

Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Jeffery M.

Meyers , a 1988 graduate of McIntosh High School, recently participated in

a large training exercise while on a six-month deployment to

the Mediterranean Sea and Arabian Gulf with the attack

submarine USS Newport News, home ported in Norfolk, Va.

During Exercise Matador Livex '98, Meyers' ship trained

with U.S. Navy units from the USS Saipan Amphibious

Ready Group, the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Battle Group

and other special naval support elements, including the

Navy Seals, in the one-week exercise in the Mediterranean Sea.

The intense exercise tested every mission phase of a

combined force including air, surface, subsurface,

non-combatant expeditionary operations and maritime interdiction operations.

The overall purpose of the exercise was to enhance ARG

and carrier battle group interoperability in an

operational environment.

Meyers' submarine is one of the most sophisticated

submarines in the world. Equipped with torpedoes, Harpoon

anti-ship missiles, Tomahawk cruise missiles, and mines, the

powerful warship can provide surveillance and intelligence, support

special operations and launch missiles at enemy sites or land targets.

Meyers joined the Navy in July 1988.

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