MILITARY

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Balliet retiring from Guard

August 28, 2010

Vaughn completes basic training

Air Force Airman Joshua E. Vaughn graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.

August 21, 2010

Skattum completes artillery training

Army Pvt. Sean C. Skattum has graduated from the Basic Field Artillery Cannon Crewmember Advanced Individual Training course at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla.

August 21, 2010

Opdahl graduates from basic training

Pvt. Sean David Opdahl graduated on Aug. 6 from Basic Combat Training in Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. He has been a member of the North Dakota National Guard since October 2009.

August 21, 2010

Gumeringer completes training

Air Force Airman Sara M. Gumeringer graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.

August 21, 2010

Cleghorn promoted to major in guard

Benjamin Cleghorn of Jamestown has been promoted from captain to major. He is a member of the 136th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion at Camp Grafton, Devils Lake.

August 21, 2010

Finck traveling to U.K. to learn from English military PressPass

Jamestown native Staff Sgt. Chad Finck with the 817th Engineer Company (Sapper) will fly across the Atlantic Ocean to the United Kingdom next month as part of the Guard’s soldier exchange program.

By Ben Rodgers , August 19, 2010

Murray graduates from basic training PressPass

Air Force Airman Blaine P. Murray graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.

August 14, 2010

U.S. commander says Iraqis ready to handle security PressPass

WASHINGTON (AP) — Iraq's military is ready and able to take over security operations as the United States ends it combat role and prepares for a major troop withdrawal, the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq said Sunday.

August 08, 2010

Military families attend day camp PressPass

TURTLE RIVER STATE PARK, N.D. — Madilyn Neumann won bragging rights for the first catch of the day at Military Kids Bravo Camp at Turtle River State Park.

By By Ann Bailey , Forum Communications Co. , August 04, 2010

U.S. casualties set record in July PressPass

KABUL, Afghanistan — In a summer of suffering, America’s military death toll in Afghanistan is rising, with back-to-back record months for U.S. losses in the grinding conflict. All signs point to more bloodshed in the months ahead, straining the already shaky international support for the war.

By By Robert H. Reid, The Associated Press , July 31, 2010

Body of second Navy sailor recovered in Afghanistan PressPass

The discovery of the body of a second U.S. sailor who vanished in Afghanistan last week only deepened the mystery of the men's disappearance nearly 60 miles from their base in a dangerous area controlled by the Taliban.

July 30, 2010

Four killed in plane crash at Alaska military base PressPass

The deadly crash of a military cargo plane on a training mission occurred just about a minute after it took off from a runway at an Alaska base, officials said Thursday.

July 29, 2010

Four killed in plane crash at Alaska military base PressPass

ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska (AP) — Four airmen were killed when a cargo plane crashed during a training run at an Alaska Air Force base, sending a fireball hundreds of feet into the air, military authorities and witnesses said.

By RACHEL D'ORO, Associated Press Writer , July 29, 2010

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