MILITARY BRIEFS
Posted: November 25, 2009 at 3:47 a.m.
Army National Guard Pvt.
Joseph D. Collette has graduated from Basic Combat Training at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla.
He is the son of Euegenia Collette of Siloam Springs.
Army National Guard Pvt.
Alejandro Estrada has graduated from the Basic Field Artillery Cannon Crewmember Advanced Individual Training course at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla.
He is the son of Maria and Bobby Sizemore of Springdale.
Anderson is a 2005 graduate of the Youth Challenge Academy, Hinesville, Ga.
Pvt. Vince Larson of Pea Ridge recently enlisted into the Arkansas Army National Guard. Pvt. Larson has earned education benefits, including Federal Tuition Assistance and the Montgomery G.I. Bill, valued at $49,844. He will attend Basic Training followed by Advanced Individual Training at Fort Eustis, Va., as a Motor Transport Operator. Upon returning to Arkansas, Pvt. Larson will serve with 1st Battalion 142nd Forward Support Company in Bentonville. He is a graduateof Crowder College in Neosho, Mo., and the son of Jody and Nancy Larson.
Pvt. Kendall McKibben of Fayetteville recently enlisted into the Arkansas Army National Guard and has earned education benefits valued at $49,844. After graduating from Mountainburg High School in May, he will attend Basic Training with further instruction at Fort Sill, Okla., as a Cannon Crewmember.
Upon returning to Arkansas, Pvt. McKibben will serve with Alpha Battery 2nd Battalion 142nd Field Artillery in Van Burn. He is the son of Lyndall and Diana McKibben of Mountainburg.
Pvt. Jannsen Wiley of Fayetteville recently enlisted into the Arkansas Army National Guard and has earned education benefits valued at $49,844. He will attend Basic Training followed by Advanced Individual Training at Fort Sill, Okla., as a Cannon Crewmember.
Upon returning to Arkansas, Pvt. Wiley will serve with Detachment 1, Bravo Battery 1st Battalion 206th Field Artillery in Paris.
Life, Pages 11 on 11/25/2009
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