Roanoke Times
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DATE: FRIDAY, March 13, 1992                   TAG: 9203130297
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-11   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
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IN SERVICE

\ TERRENCE D. SOUTHERN, son of Betty Southern of Dublin and Walt Southern of Lynchburg, has been promoted to technical sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. Southern, a 1979 Pulaski County High School graduate, is an electric-power production technician at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona.

\ SGT. THOMAS W. CRUISE, son of Thomas and Clara Cruise of Pulaski, received the Air Force Commendation Medal for outstanding achievement and meritorious service in the performance of his duties. Cruise, a 1985 Pulaski County High School graduate, is a communication-systems maintenance specialist at Langley Air Force Base.

\ PVT. 1ST CLASS STEVEN D. GILLISPIE, son of Ed and Joyce Gillispie of Pembroke, received an Army Achievement Medal for meritorious service. A 1990 Giles High School graduate, he is an infantryman at Fort Bragg in North Carolina.

Recently completing infantry school are: MARINE PFC. TIMOTHY H. FIELDS, son of William and Betty Ferguson of Rich Creek; ARMY NATIONAL GUARD PVT. RODNEY L. EPPERLY II, son of Rodney and Peggy Epperly of Radford; and MARINE PFC. ADAM W. STRICKLER, son of Brenda Finley of Elliston.

Recently completing special training are: MARINE 1ST LT. BRUCE E. SHORT, son of George and Janet Short of Pulaski, graduated from the Basic School; NAVY FIREMAN RECRUIT CINDEE A. VAN ZANT, a 1990 Blacksburg High School graduate, graduated from Basic Hull Maintenance Technician School; NAVY CONSTRUCTIONMAN RECRUIT ERIC N. SHEPHERD, son of Levion and Gloria Shepherd of Shawsville, graduated from Basic Utilitiesman School; SPEC. DAVID H. HARDING, son of Sue Lawson of Dublin, participated in Orient Shield '92; PVT. STACY L. BRADLEY, son of Kay Kessinger of Pilot and Garland Bradley of Dublin, completed a unit supply course; and PVT. IVAN T. ROCOURT, a 1991 Radford High School graduate, completed a vehicle mechanic course.

Recently completing basic training are PVT. WILLIAM L. BELCHER, son of James and Shirley Belcher of Dublin, and AIRMAN JEREMY W. SHEALLY, son of H. Frank Stanley of Draper and Cathy Clemons of Narrows.

Recently arriving or being deployed for duty are: ARMY PVT. DONALD E. AKERS, a 1991 graduate of Pulaski County High School, to Belgium; ARMY STAFF SGT. SCOTT W. BEANE, son of Winston and Priscilla Beane of Blacksburg, to Hawaii; NAVY SEAMAN DONALD W. DEESE, son of Linda Deese of Christiansburg, to Chesapeake; AIR FORCE AIRMAN WILLIAM L. ROOPE, son of Rosa Rogers of Pulaski, to England; ARMY SPEC. MARIO D. CLAYTOR, son of Archie and Evelyn Claytor of Radford, to Berlin; ARMY PVT. STACY L. BRADLEY, son of Garland Bradley of Dublin and Kay Kessinger of Pilot, to Kansas; MARINE 1ST SGT. JAMES R. BRYANT, son of Mildred Clark of Vinton, to Lynchburg; MARINE GUNNERY SGT. JOSEPH W. DEHART, son of Joseph and Louise DeHart of Radford, to Lynchburg; MARINE CPL. MICHAEL C. DALEY, son of David Daley of Pilot, to North Carolina; MARINE LANCE CPL. EARL R. COX, son of Estle and Leslie Cox of Dublin, to North Carolina; and ARMY PVT. 1ST CLASS CHAD A. KELLER, son of Mildred Keller of Pulaski, to Cuba.