Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, October 13, 1994 TAG: 9412020003
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: S23 EDITION: METRO
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Tomforde, a 1993 graduate of Franklin County High School, will be stationed on the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk, based in San Diego.
PFC. ERIN R. BARGER, son of Kay Atkins of Salem, recently completed recruit training and was promoted to his present rank at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S.C.
ARMY CAPT. LAFONDA JERNIGAN-EDGE, daughter of Bill and Katie Jernigan of 3120 Kirkland Drive N.W., has been promoted to commander of Headquarters Company 194th Maintenance Battalion in Camp Humphrey in Korea. She graduated from William Fleming High School and North Carolina A&T State University, where she was commissioned as a second lieutenant in 1988 through the ROTC program.
STAFF SGT. ROBERT W. STUMP has become an Air Force recruiter in Roanoke. He comes from Edwards Air Force Base in California, where he had been stationed since 1991 as an aircraft armament systems specialist. Stump, who joined the Air Force in 1986, also has served in Saudi Arabia, England and Korea.
SEAMAN APPRENTICE SONDI E. ABBOTT, daughter of Susan E. and Lowell E. Abbott Sr. of Salem, recently completed basic training at Recruit Training Command, Orlando, Fla.
RESERVE SGT. SUSAN V. KLEINZ, daughter of Charles E. and Barbara Brady of Roanoke, recently received top honors in the 1994 Philip A. Connelly Award Competition recognizing the best dining facilities in the Army.
Kleinz is a food service specialist with the 2nd Battalion, 318th Regiment, an Army Reserve unit in Dublin. She received honors in the Army Reserve Field Kitchen Category.
The Connelly competition is sponsored by the International Food Service Executives Association and the Department of the Army. The two agencies combine to send five teams to Army dining rooms around the world. There they evaluate each facility on food preparation, service, cleanliness and innovativeness in serving.
PVT. RANDY P. STUBSTAD, son of Patricia B. Ilgenfritz of Salem and William Stubstad of Milton, Fla., completed basic training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. Stubstad is a 1991 graduate of Salem High School.
AIRMAN 1ST CLASS NATHANIEL B. GILL, son of Temple J. Jackson of Roanoke, graduated from the aircraft pneudraulic systems course at Sheppard Air Force Base, Wichita Falls, Texas. He is a 1992 graduate of William Fleming High School.
SCOTT S. CARTER, son of Kenneth L. and Frances A. Carter of Vinton, graduated from the United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Col., and has been commissioned as a second lieutenant. He is a 1990 graduate of William Byrd High School.
CHIEF PETTY OFFICER GREGORY S. MORRIS, son of Joan E. Morris of Roanoke, was promoted to his present rank while serving at Naval Air Station, Sigonella, Italy. Morris is a 1980 graduate or William Fleming High School.
PVT. JAMES W. TUCK, son of Judith A. and James W. Tuck Sr. of Roanoke, has completed recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot at Parris Island, S.C. He is a graduate of Cave Spring High School.
PVT. CHRISTOPHER S. EATON, son of Jeffrey C. and Linda S. Easton of Salem, has completed recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot in Parris Island, S.C. He is 1993 graduate of Salem High School.
NAVY SEAMAN RECRUIT TRACY D. WOOD, son of Lowell L. and Corrine G. Wood of Fincastle, recently completed basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill. He is a 1992 graduate of James River High School.
CAPT. JAYSON A. ALTIERI, son of Mr. and Mrs. A.C. Altieri of Fincastle, recently received the Army Commendation Medal (3rd Oak Leaf Cluster) at ceremonies at Fort Knox, Ky. Altieri, operations officer of the Golden Armor Composite Squadron, Kentucky Wing, is a student at the U.S. Army Armor Officer Advance Course's Troop A, Fort Knox.
He is a 1982 graduate of Northside High School and a 1989 graduate of Norwich University's Military College of Vermont.
CPL. TREVOR S. DEMPSEY, son of Richard S. and Norma Dempsey of Roanoke, recently received the Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal. He is assigned with Weapons Training Battalion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, Cal. He is a 1991 graduate of Patrick Henry High School.
SEAMAN DEMURA S. WILLIAMS, son of Richard L. Williams Sr. of Roanoke, recently returned from operations off the coast of Haiti aboard the tank landing ship USS Spartanburg County.
While in the Caribbean Sea, Williams worked supporting the United Nations sanctions against Haiti as part of an international task force.
SEAMAN RECRUIT JEFFREY S. RUSSELL, son of Debra F. Wimmer of Roanoke, recently completed basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill. He is a 1993 graduate of Patrick Henry High School.
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