Category: Military News

Air Force Airman Cipriano E. Valle graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio.

The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.

Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.

Valle is the son of Lilia and Ernesto Valle, grandson of Cipriano and nephew of MariCruz Valle, all of Athens.

He is a 2012 graduate of Athens High School.

Air Force Airman Timothy A. Sherman graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas.

The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.

Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.

Sherman is the son of Tim W. and Jana L. Sherman of Chandler.

He is a 2014 graduate of Brownsboro High School.

Army Pvt. Ashton T. Frank has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.

During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field tactics, military courtesy, military justice system, basic first aid, foot marches, and field training exercises.

Frank is the son of Melissa Vaile of Green Bay, Wis., and Brian Johnson of Gun Barrel City.

He is a 2012 graduate of Mabank High School.

Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Alex J. Schlebach has graduated from the U.S. Navy’s Officer Nuclear Power School at Naval Nuclear Power Training Command in Goose Creek, S.C.

Nuclear Power School is a rigorous six-month course that trains officer and enlisted students in the science and engineering fundamental to the design, operation, and maintenance of naval nuclear propulsion plants.

Graduates next undergo additional instruction at a prototype training unit before serving as a Surface Warfare Officer aboard a nuclear-powered surface ship or as an Submarine Officer aboard a nuclear-powered submarine.

Schlebach is the son of Bill and Toni Schlebach of Waxahachie.

He is a 2008 graduate of Eustace High School. He earned a bachelor’s degree in 2012 from Texas A&M University, College Station.