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Military Briefs

Navy Airman Jason L. Williams , son of Sherri

Williams of Fayetteville, recently completed a six-month deployment

to the Mediterranean Sea and Arabian Gulf aboard the

aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, home ported

in Norfolk, Va.

While deployed, Williams' ship participated in numerous

large-scale military exercises, including Matador Livex and Dynamic

Mix '98. During these exercises, Williams and crew

members worked with the military forces in 11 NATO countries to

improve interoperability, flexibility and mobility of multinational forces.

Williams, a 1998 graduate of East Coweta High School,

joined the Navy in July 1998.

Air Force Airman Jill B. Chang , daughter of

Yvonne Chang of Peachtree City, has graduated from the

operations resource management systems apprentice course at Keesler

Air Force Base, Biloxi, Miss.

Students were taught database maintenance, aircrew

resource management, flying hours, training and evaluation, and

flight scheduling.

Chang is a 1998 graduate of Sandy Creek High School.

Air Force Senior Airman Mark K. Ryan has been

named Airman of the Quarter. Selection was based on exemplary

duty performance, job knowledge, leadership qualities,

significant self-improvement and other accomplishments.

Ryan, a 1990 graduate of Fayette County High School, is

a space systems technician with the 4th Space Surveillance

Squadron, Hollomon Air Force Base, Alamogordo, N.M. He is the

son of Eva Webb of Fayetteville and James Ryan of McDonough.

Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Christopher A.

Marks , son of Robert and Brenda Marks of Peachtree City, recently

completed a two-month deployment in the Eastern Pacific

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

The 1994 graduate of McIntosh High School joined the Navy

in January 1996.

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