Active duty
Published 9:16 pm Sunday, June 28, 2009
Air Force Airman Rodger D. Roberts recently graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. Roberts is the son of Robert Roberts and Marilyn Roberts, both of Marysville. A 2007 graduate of Marysville-Pilchuck High School, Roberts currently is stationed at Goodfellow Air Force Base in San Angelo, Texas.
Air Force Airman Andrew R. Dowling graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. Dowling is a 2006 graduate of Oak Harbor High School.
Air Force Airman Elliott D. Bullis graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. He is the son of Joe Bullis of Lake Stevens, and a 2007 graduate of Lake Stevens High School.
Air Force Airman Davis L. Brossard graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. He is the son of Diane Brossard of Snohomish and Daniel Brossard of Lynnwood. Brossard is a 2008 graduate of Snohomish High School.
Army Pvt. Joseph T. Mitchell has graduated from the Infantryman One Station Unit Training at Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga. The training consists of Basic Infantry Training and Advanced Individual Training. He is the son of Keith Mitchell of Snohomish.
Whidbey welcomes home Yellow Jackets
Four electronic attack squadron (VAQ) 138 “Yellow Jacket” jets have returned to Whidbey Island Naval Air Station following a six-month deployment in the western Pacific aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis.
Yellow Jacket maintenance and support personnel are set to disembark the carrier today when it docks at Naval Station Everett.
VAQ-138 left the air station Jan. 18, providing tactical jamming support to Carrier Air Wing 9 and Carrier Strike Group 3 for various exercises and training operations during the deployment.
The Yellow Jackets made port calls in Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Singapore and Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
During the last two weeks they joined with the U.S. Air Force to participate in the annual training exercise Northern Edge 2009 off the coast of Alaska.
The squadron now begins the transition to the new electronic attack platform, the EA-18G Growler.
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