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  • Hunter, Robert N.
    Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Robert N. Hunter has returned to the U.S. after being deployed overseas at a forward operating base to serve in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
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Johnson, Rick J.

Army Pvt. Rick J. Johnson has graduated from One Station Unit Training at the U.S. Army Infantry School, Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga.

The training consisted of basic military training and advanced individual training.

During basic training, the trainee received instruction in drill and ceremonies, military customs and courtesies, map reading, tactics, basic rifle marksmanship, physical fitness, field training, and first aid skills.

During advanced individual training, the soldier received instruction to serve as an infantryman/mortarman using light and heavy anti-armor weapons, indirect-fire support, and mechanized operations while assigned to a rifle or mortar squad.

Johnson is a 1997 graduate of the Living Hope Christian Academy, Warsaw.