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Military Briefs

U.S. Air Force Airman Adam D. Veitch has graduated from basic

military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. During the six weeks

of training, Veitch studied the Air Force mission, organization and customs,

and received special training in human relations.

Veitch, the son of Daniel Veitch of Newnan and Cathy Newman of

Sharpsburg, is a 1998 graduate of Newnan High School.

U.S. Air Force Airman Harold L. Young has graduated from basic

military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. During the six

weeks of training, Young studied the Air Force mission, organization and customs,

and received special training in human relations.

Young, a 1998 graduate of East Coweta High School, is the son of Tina

and Harold Young of Senoia.

While most Americans are celebrating the holiday season at home or with family, Marine

Chief Warrant Officer Llewellyn D. Clayton, stepson of Mabel G. Clayton of 91 Cobblestone

Creek, Peachtree City, Ga. is scheduled to spend the holidays deployed to Iwakuni, Japan, with Marine

All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 121.

Clayton is one of more than 65,000 Sailors, Marines and Coast

Guardsmen who are serving our country separated from their families and loved ones

this holiday period. Clayton is working abroad to preserve peace as part of

our nation's forward defense forces. Clayton's is deployed to Iwakuni under

the Unit Deployment Program. Under the program, units based in the

United States come to Iwakuni for six months to train. From Iwakuni they can

deploy to other countries in the Pacific.

Clayton's squadron flies the F/A -18C Hornet, a twin-engine

supersonic strike fighter which features an all-weather intercept, identify, destroy

and ground attack capability. The 1975 graduate of Uniondale High School

of Uniondale, N.Y. joined the Marine Corps in February 1978.

While most Americans are celebrating the holiday season at home or with family, Navy

Petty Officer first class Christopher A. Marks, son of Robert and Brenda Marks of 303 Saltlick

Trace, Peachtree City, Ga., is scheduled to spend the holidays deployed to the eastern Pacific Ocean

aboard the USS Fife, home ported in Everett, Wash.

Marks is one of 65,000 Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen who are serving our

country separated from their families and loved ones this holiday period. Marks is working abroad to

preserve peace as part of our nation's forward defense forces.

Destroyers, like Marks' ship, have traditionally been the workhorses of the U.S. Navy,

defending battle groups against threats from land, air, above and below the sea. Equipped with

Tomahawk cruise missiles, Harpoon anti-ship missiles and Sea Sparrow missiles, USS Fife is capable of

hitting enemy targets hundreds of miles away. In addition, Marks' ship carries two helicopters with

sonar and torpedo capabilities, expanding the ship's reach.

The graduate of McIntosh High School joined the Navy in January 1996.

Marine Pfc. Markus T. Laumann , son of Steven

and Jody Laumann of Peachtree City, has completed basic training

at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S.C., and

was meritoriously promoted to his present rank.

Laumann, a graduate of McIntosh High School,

successfully completed 12 weeks of training designed to

challenge new Marine recruits both physically and mentally.

Training included physical conditioning, classroom and field

assignments, and instruction on the Marine Corps' core values.

The training phase ended with The Crucible, a 54-hour

team effort which culminated in a ceremony in which the

recruits were presented with the Marine Corps Emblem and addressed

as "Marines" for the first time since boot camp began.

Army Reserve Pfc. Deanna K. Crawford has graduated

from basic military training at Fort Leonard Wood, Waynesville,

Mo. During the training, Crawford received instruction in drill

and ceremonies, weapons, may reading, tactics, military

courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid, and Army history

and traditions.

Crawford is the daughter of George and Jessika Crawford

of Peachtree City.

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