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    TM2 Patrick O. Andrews, Naval
Magazine Indian Island Port Hadlock,
Washington.
    Anthony Wayne Archer, Twin City,
ET2,   US   Navy,   Seattle,   Washington.
Presently on USS Carl Vinson, Persian
Gulf.
    James Eugene Archer, Twin City,
EMI, US Navy, nuclear throttle engineer,
St. Mary's.
    Capt. Matthew Alvarez, Army, Ft.
Stewart.
    Jerry Akridge, E2, Army, Ft. Benning.
    Pvt. Christopher Codi Anderson,
Swainsboro, Georgia National Guard, Ft.
Jackson, S.C.
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    Shannon Benjamin, E3, Swainsboro,
Navy, Norfolk, Va.
    Willie Joseph Butler Jr., Swainsboro,
Army Reserves, Kuwait.
    Willie Joseph Butler Sr., Swainsboro,
878th Battalion, Army National Guard,
Baghdad, Iraq.
      Willie Jacob Butler, Swainsboro,
878th Battalion, Army National Guard, Ft.
Stewart.
    MM3 Terance Brinson, Swainsboro,
Navy, Norfolk, Va.
    Ssg. William T. Bell, Swainsboro,
Army National Guard, Baghdad, Iraq.
    Spc. Amy L. Barker, Norristown,
Army National Guard, Kuwait.
    Sgt. E-5 Nicholas R. Brown, Swainsboro,
      Army, 75-H computer specialist,

Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, D.C.
    Nekka Brown, Twin City, Navy, Mayport,
    Fla.
      Raymond G. Brown, Twin City,
Marines, Honolulu, Hawaii.
    GSgt. Raymond K. Brown, Twin City,
Marines, Parris Island, S.C.
      Sgt. Dennis Brown, Summertown,
Army, Ft. Benning.
    Gary Letravis Brooks, Stillmore, Air
Force, Goodfellow, Texas.
    PFC Jamaal Rashad Buttler, Swainsboro,
      stationed in Japan.
    Matthew Bright III, Swainsboro, Airman
    First Class, Ft. Walton Beach, Fla
      Sgt.   Perry   Lee   Burke,   Adrian,
Marines, Jacksonville, N.C.
    Sgt. Chad Beasley, Ft. Hood, Texas.
AIC Derriance Beasley, Idaho.
    E3 Jason Lee Bolton, Swainsboro, Airman,
    Kuwait.
    Lance Corporal Seth Brewer, Swainsboro,
      US Marines, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
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    Cpl. Larry L. Clark, Swainsboro,
Marines, Iraq.
    Msgt. Remer L. Collins, Stillmore, aircraft
      avionics,   321st   AEW/AEMSXS,
Masirah Oman.
    Shannon K. Carswell, Swainsboro, E-
5, operation specialist, USS Dwight D.
Eisenhower, Norfolk, Va.
    AIC Thomas E. Campbell Jr., Twin
City, air traffic controller, Langley AFB,
Newport News, Va.
    Tim Scott Campbell Jr., E3, Twin City,
photographer's mate, Navy, Ft. Mead,
Md.
    AIC Laquintez Cook, Swainsboro,
Minot AFB, N.D.
    Staff Sgt. Jason Cowart, Twin City,

Air Force, Warner Robins.
    Staff Sgt. Matthew L. Clark, Swainsboro,

      Army, Ft. Stewart.
    Sgt. Tandrea Cowan, Ft. Hood, Texas.
    SrA. Jennifer Childers, Swainsboro,
airman first class, Afghanistan.
    Titus Lorenzo Culbreth (E-4), Twin
City,   air   traffic   control,   Navy,   USS
Theodore Roosevelt, Norfolk, Va.
    SSG Anthony Carlie, Stillmore, Army,
Ft. Irwin, Calif.
    BM3/E-4 James Childs, Twin City,
Coast Guard, Station Manistee, Manistee,
Mich.
    Spc Harry L. Campbell III, Army National
      Guard, Camp Taji , Iraq.
    E3 Larry Marcel Coleman, Swainsboro,
      Navy, Yokozuka, Japan.
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    Sgt. Herbert A. Durden, Swainsboro,
ACompany 878th, Iraq.
    Sgt. Rufus Davis, Twin City, National
Guard Reserves, Kuwait.
    Sfc. Dwayne Davis, Adrian, Korea.
    Sgt. Gilbert Daughtry, Twin City,
Marines, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
    HM1 Gregory Dunning, Swainsboro,
1st Marine Division FMF Pacific, Camp
Pendleton, Calif.
    1SG Furman Daniels, Swainsboro, US
Army, 1st Warrant Officer Company, Warrant
    Officer Career Center, Fort Rucker,
Alabama.
    Eddie Dixon III, Twin City, A1C, Air
Force, Anchorage, Alaska.
    Eric C. Douglas, Swainsboro, Army
Specialist, Fort Humphrey, South Korea.
    Master Sgt. Dwayne Damron, Oak
Park, Mountain Home, Idaho.
    Lt. JG Chris Dudley, Twin City, Navy,
Pensacola, Fla.
    A1C (E-3) Jessica Elizabeth Drawdy,
Swainsboro,   Maintenance   Production
Scheduler, Air Force, Aviano AB Italy.
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    SSgt Brandon Eckardt, Swainsboro,
1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton,
Calif.
    SrA. Nathaniel R. Edenfield, Swainsboro,
      Biomedical Equipment Maintenance
Technician, Eielson AFB, North Pole, Alaska.
    Spc. Christopher Ellis, Swainsboro,
Army, Fort Drum, N.Y.
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    Cpl. Dustan Fennell, Adrian, Army,
57th Signal Battalion, Iraq.
    Lt. David L. Flanders, US Coast
Guard, Electronic Support Unit, Honolulu,
  Hawaii.
    Jowan A. Freeman, Summertown,
Airman First Class E-3, Barkdale Air Force
Base, La.
    E4 Jason Franklin, Swainsboro, Navy,
USS Kittyhawk, Yoko, Japan.
    E3 Brandon Franklin, Swainsboro,
Marines, Quantico, Va.
    E3 Raven Franklin Worthen, Swainsboro,
      Army, Ft. Jackson, S.C.
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    Sgt. E-5 Tyrone Gadson, Twin City,
Army, 63W Wheel Vehicle Repairman,
596th Maintenance Company, Darmstadt,
Germany.
    SK2 Tasha L. Greene, Twin City, Norfolk,
    Va.
      Cpl. Allen   Garrett,   Swainsboro,
Marines, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
    Derrick Gilmore, Swainsboro, Army,
Bamburg, Germany.
    Staff Sgt. Ronald George Jr., Twin
City, Army, Kitzingen, Germany.
    SSgt. Joseph L. Gadson, E-5, Twin
City, Air Force, Hickam AFB, Hawaii.
    Sgt. Daniel Gregory, Swainsboro,
Langley AFB, Va.
    William L. Griffen, Swainsboro, Navy
E-5, Kings Bay.
    AIC Airman Adam Giles, Swainsboro,
      USAF, Seymour-Johnson AFB, NC.
    E5 Taureane O'Neal Gardner, Swainsboro,
      USS Ashland, Norfolk, Va.
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    Pvt. Steven Lee Henry, Swainsboro,
Army, Iraq.
    Cpl. Keith B. Hopkins, Canoochee,
Army, Iraq.
    James E. Hayes, E-6, Twin City, Air
Force, 65CES, Lajes Field, Azores.
    Spc. Tammy L. Hawkins, Norristown,
Army National Guard, Kuwait.
    Cpl. Derald L. Hampton, Marine
Corps Security Force Company, Naval
Submarine Base Bangor, Silverdale, Washington.
      Pvt. Robert James T. Hampton,
Midville, Army, Ft. Lee, Va.
      Sgt.   Celeste   Thigpen   Higgins,
Swainsboro, Army, Ft. Sill, Okla.
    Sgt. Philip Hughes, E-5, Swainsboro,

Army, Boaumholder, Germany.
    Spc. Johnston Hodges, Swainsboro,
Army, Korea.
    Sgt. Barney Hayward Jr., E-5, Swainsboro,
      National Guard, Ft. Stewart.
    SSG Michael Hughes, Stillmore, active
    reservist, Fort Bliss, Texas.
    Tiffany S. Heath (E4), Swainsboro,
Army, pharmacy specialist, Seoul, Korea.
    E4 Sr. Airman Earnest Huston Jr.,
Swainsboro, Lackland Air Force Base, San
Antonio, Texas.
    Tsgt. Alton Lee Hester, Swainsboro,
Tyndall AFB, Panama City, Fla.
    SSgt (E-5) Derrick A. Harper, Swainsboro,
      Air Force, Electronics Communications,
      Iraq .
    Spec. E4 Gary Huerta, Swainsboro,
Army, Iraq.
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    Sgt. Jason C. Jones, Swainsboro, 233rd
TCO, Kuwait.
    James B. Jordan, Garfield, gunnery
sergeant, Marines, Anchorage, Alaska.
    Lcpl. Gregory L. Jones, Canoochee,
Marines, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
    Sfc. Tommy L. James Jr., 4th Infantry
Division, Command Advisory Group,
Iraq.
    Ssg. Tommy L. James, Garfield, C28,
Ft. Hood.
    SSgt. Robert Johnson, Swainsboro,
Army, stationed in Italy.
    Sfc. Vivian Ann Foots-Jackson, E6,
Swainsboro, Aberdeen Proving Grounds,
Md.
    Petty Officer 2nd Class Felicia A.
Jones, Canoochee, Navy, Jacksonville, Fla.
      Pfc.   Trevion   Jackson,   Adrian,
Marines, Camp Geiger, N.C.
    Cpl. Nicholas Warren Jenkins, Twin
City, Marines, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
    YN3 Lee A. Johnson (E4), Swainsboro,
Navy, King's Bay.
    Starsky Toron Johnson, Swainsboro,
National Guard, Iraq.
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    Sr. Airman Clifton Kirkland, Midville,
Eielson AFB, Alaska.
    SSgt. Jeff Kersey, Swainsboro, 89th
Comm. Squadron, Andrews AFB, Washington,
        D.C.
      Airman   E-4   James   Nathaniel
(Nathan) Kay, Swainsboro, Navy, USS
John F. Kennedy.
    Xavier King, DC1, PCU Ronald Reagan
    CUN-76, nuclear carrier, Newport
News, Va.
    Cpl. Adam D. Kersey, Kite, Marines,
Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team, Norfolk,
    Va.
    Cpl. Jerry Chase Kersey, Swainsboro,
data network specialist, DMS operator,
Marines, Camp LeJeune, N.C.
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    Spec. 4 John Deron Lindsey, Oak
Park, Army National Guard 878th Engineer
    Battalion, Iraq.
    Pfc. Brandon A. Lovett, Swainsboro,
Army, 3ID Discom, Kuwait.
    Dfc. Laura Lovett, Adrian, Army,
Kuwait.
    Sgt. Leslie Wayne Lockhart, Swainsboro,
      Marines, Kuwait.
    Dana Clarke Lowe, Swainsboro, Staff
Sgt. E6, Walter Reed Army Medical Center,
  Washington, D.C.
    Sgt. Tara L. Lewis, Swainsboro, Army,
Iraq.
    E4 Volario A. Lott. Swainsboro, Army,
Norfolk, Va.
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    Pfc. Henry Moore, Midville, Marines,
Camp Lejeune, N.C.
    SSgt. Rusty Moore, Midville, Marines,
Okinawa, Japan.
    Cpl. Gregory Paul Moore II, Swainsboro,
      Marines, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
    Airman Brandon Meeks, U.S. Navy,
USS George Washington.
    Lt. Anthony McIntosh, Swainsboro,
Army, DeWitt Army Community Hospital
and Walter Reed Army Medical Center,
Washington, D.C.
    Tsgt. Patrick Hasty Mills, Twin City,
Army National Guard, Kuwait.
    Sgt. Thomas Morgan III, Army, Ft.
Benning, currently in Kosovo.
    Sgt. Gary D. Marion, Swainsboro,
Army (E-6), Ft. Irvine, Calif.
    Sgt. Major Jimmy Mincey, Twin City,
Marines, Okinawa, Japan.
    1st Lt. LaTonya Durden McCord,
Swainsboro, health care administrator,
Robins AFB.
    AIC Dennis Merrion, Japan.
    Lance Cpl. Kevin (Dusty) McMillan,
Swainsboro, Marines, Marine Barracks 8th

and I, Washington, D.C.
    AB Brent McMillan, Swainsboro, Air
Force, Panama City, Fla.
    MSgt. David A. Muns, Keesler Air
Force Base, Biloxi, Miss.
    Seaman James Mincey, Twin City,
Navy, USS John F. Kennedy, Jacksonville.
    Spc. Tyrell Mays, E-4, Swainsboro,
318 Chemical Specialists, Kuwait.
    Sfc. Daveda Lesley Malone, Adrian,
Ft. Gordon.
      AB Joseph L. McMillan, Lexsy,
Keesler AFB, Biloxi, Miss.
    Sr. Airman 1st Class Steven Christopher
    Morris, Twin City, Air Force, Mountain
    Home, Idaho.
    Petty Officer 1st Class Stevie Wayne
McGee, Canoochee, Navy, Mayport, Fla.
    Michael S. McNeal, Swainsboro, AT2
(AW), VF-103 Oceana Naval base, Virginia
Beach, Va.
    AIC Kareem Mansfield, Swainsboro,
US Air Force, Minot AFB, N.D.
    SSgt. Patrick Mills, Twin City, Air National
      Guard, 65th Airlift Wing.
    CPL Michael C. Meadows, Adrian, lst
Bn 8th Marines, Camp Lejeune, N.C., back
from Iraq.
      Shatoya   Hunt-Mansfield,   E-3,
Swainsboro, Kaiserslautern, Germany.
    Spec. Richard Miller, Army National
Guard 878th Engineer Battalion, Northern
Iraq.
    Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Moxley,
    Adrian, Naval Air Station, Patuxent
River, Maryland.
    E2 Fred Grimes Mason III, Swainsboro,
      Army Infantry, Ft. Carson, Colo.
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    Lt. JG Matthew R. Newman, Swainsboro,
      NAS Jacksonville, Fla.
    Laura Mills Nay, Garfield, Naval
Hospital, Balboa, San Diego, Calif.
    R.D. Nay, Naval Hospital, Balboa, San
Diego, Calif.
    SSgt. Jeffery M. Nail, Adrian, US
Army Ranger, Dahlonega.
      Lcpl. Jeffery Donald Neal, Kite,
USMC, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
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    Alfred "Lane" O'Quinn, Swainsboro,
Army E-7, Ft. Irwin, California.
    Sgt. Jay Outlaw, Oak Park, Army,
Kuwait.
      Staff Sergeant John Oliver, 1995
Swainsboro High School graduate, Company
      Gunnery Sergeant, BF Co., 9th ESB,
Okinawa, Japan.
    Staff Sgt. Wanda A. Phillips (E-6),
Twin City, Germany.
    Sgt. Karen K. Phillips (E-5), Twin City,
Air Force, Moody AFB, Ga.
    Sfc. Harrison Pierce, Twin City, Army,
Ft. Knox, Ky.
    Sgt. Althea Phillips, Adrian, National
Guard, Ft. Stewart, Ga.
    Bhatia Pullens, Swainsboro, Navy E-
5, Jacksonville, Fla.
    Nicholas Pullens, Swainsboro, Army
E-2, Fort Hood, Texas.
    Sr. Airman Kristoffer Patton, Swainsboro,
      crew chief, Eglin AFB, Ft. Walton
Beach, Fla.
    Sgt. Darwynn Palmer, Swainsboro,
Army, Ft. Wainwright, Alaska.
    Christopher Pullen, Army Pfc., Fort
Hood, Texas.
      Ssgt. Casey Powell, Swainsboro,
Shaw AFB, S.C.
    Sgt. Richard B. Parrish, Twin City,
Marines, Kilo Co., Camp Lejeune, N.C.
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    Capt. Stephen M. Ray, 3rd Batallion
6th Marines, Norfolk, Va.
    Lt. Col. John Rogers, Army, director,
Strategic Capabilities and Material Directorate,
      Medical Logistics Agency, Fort Detrick,
    Md.
    LeByron B. Russell, Twin City, Air
Force, San Antonio, Texas.
    Pv2 Hyland Rountree, Twin City,
medical supply specialist, Miesau Army
Depot, Germany.
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    EM1/SS   Donald   L.   Skipper,   Jr.,
Swainsboro, U.S.S. Los Angeles SSN688,
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
    E6 Tawanza Smith, Swainsboro, Air
Force, Kunsan, Korea.
    Warrant officer Joshua L. Scott, Twin
City, Army, Blackhawk pilot, Ft. Benning.
    MSgt. Walter E. "Scottie" Scott, Air
Force Reserve, Naval Support Activity,
Kingdom of Bahrain.
    Cadet Candidate Virgil Shane Smith,
Swainsboro, Air Force Academy, Colorado.
    CW2 Andy Stevens, Swainsboro,

Army, Blackhawk pilot, Ft. Hood, Killeen,
Texas.
    Msgt. Robert Louis Stephens Jr.,
Swainsboro, Air Force, Germany.
    Tony A. Sherrod, Swainsboro, Army
staff sergeant, Calvary scout, Ft. Polk, La.
    Staff Sgt. William Ashley Stockholm,
Swainsboro, Marines, Camp Pendleton,
Calif.
    SFC Virgil L. Smith, Swainsboro, 1st
Cav., Ft. Hood, Texas.
    Sr. Airman Candace Giles-Shannon,
Swainsboro, USAF, Whiteman AFB, MO.
    Spc. Dustin Scott, 101st Airborne
Unit, Iraq.
    Pfc. Timothy D. Shay, Army, 82nd Airborne,
      Iraq.
    SSG Dale C. Simmons, Swainsboro,
Army, Baumholder, Germany.
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    Pvt. Donald Teagle II, Swainsboro,
Army, field artillery, Korea.
    LT Chris Thompson, Twin City, USN,
Surface Combat Systems Center, Wallops
Island, Virginia.
    LTjg Chad Thompson, USCG Flight
Training, NAS Whiting Field, Florida.
    LT Mike Thompson, Twin City, USN,
EA6 Electronic Attack Squadron 129,
Whidbey Island, Washington.
    Msgt. Henry Thompson, Swainsboro,
aircraft electician, 321st AEW/AEMXS,
Masirah Oman.
    Cpl. Reginald Allen Thomas, Swainsboro,
      Marines, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
    Sgt. 1st Class George Turner, Swainsboro,
      Army (E-7), Kitzingen, Germany.
    Sgt. Terrance Turner, Ft. Hood, Texas.
    LCPL Joshua C. Thompson, Swainsboro,
      lst Bn 8th Marines, Camp Lejeune,
N.C., back from Iraq.
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    SP4 Adam Lance Warren, Swainsboro,
Army, 82nd Airborne, Iraq.
    Sgt. Andrew Williams Jr., Swainsboro,
ACompany 878th, Iraq.
    Terry Worthen, Army, A Company
878th, Iraq.
    Sgt. Jeannie Williams, Adrian, Army,
Huntsville, Ala.
      Sgt.   Gary   White,   Summertown,
Army, Seoul, Korea.
    Lt. Chad White, Navy pilot, Norfolk,
Va.
    Lt. JG Joel White, Naval flight officer,
Whidbey Island, Wa.
    P3 Justin Hugh Wren, Lackland AFB,
San Antonio, Texas.
    SSG Tony Winn, Swainsboro, Human
Resource Sgt., HHC, 1-10 Aviation Batallion,
    Ft. Drum, N.Y.
    Ladesha Weaver, Twin City, personal
information systems management specialist,
  Iraq.
      Sfc.   Reginald   Williams, Adrian,
Huntsville, Ala.
    Lakesha N. Worthen, Swainsboro,
USS Nassua Engineering Dept., Norfolk,
Va.
    SFC Charles A. Woods, Army drill
sergeant, Twin City, Ft. Jackson, S.C.
    Sgt. Michelle Williams, Midville,
Army, Iraq.
    TSgt. David T. Womack, Swainsboro,
RAF Lakenheath England.
    Senior Airman Tyrone L. Wilson,
Twin City, Elemendorf AFB, Alaska.
    Sgt. Robert Washington Jr., heavy
equipment operator, Ft. Hood, Texas.
    Mark Wise, Swainsboro, dental technician,
      Navy, Gulf Port, Miss.
    Sgt. Robert Williams, Swainsboro,
Army, Schweinfurt, Germany.
    Airman 1st Class Timothy Chad Watson,
    Twin City, Luke AFB, Phoenix, Ariz.
    Dallas Wise, Aviation Ordnanceman
Third Class, Swainsboro, Navy, Norfolk,
Va.
    Captain Jimmy Wedincamp, Jr., United
  States Army, USACHPPMSouth, Fort
McPherson, Atlanta.
    Tosha Weaver, E-6, Twin City, Air
Force, Spangdahlem, Germany.
    TM2 (E5) Willie J. Williams, Swainsboro,
      Navy Reserves, Kuwait.
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    Joshua C. Young, Swainsboro, Sgt. E4,
Tyndall AFB, Panama City, Fla.
    Jimmy M. Youmans (Mickey), Airman
      Apprentice, E-4, Navy, Everette,
Washington.

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