Tech. Sgt. Brian Badstibner walks through a saber team during a senior NCO induction ceremony at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia, Aug. 30. The procession through the saber team represented a transition from the junior NCO tier into the senior NCO tier. Badstibner is a master sergeant select and a 763rd Expeditionary Readiness Squadron intelligence analyst. He is deployed from Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, Hawaii, and hails from Chandler, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Bahja J. Jones)
Category: Military News
Military News: Army Cadet Rebecca A. Pevehouse
Army Cadet Rebecca A. Pevehouse has graduated from the Army ROTC (Reserve Officers’ Training Corps) Leader’s Training Course at Fort Knox, Ky.
The four-week course is a leadership internship for cadets that can lead to the ultimate goal of becoming an Army officer. College students experience and examine the Army without incurring an obligation to serve in the Army or ROTC, and are eligible to receive two-year college scholarship offers and attend the Advanced ROTC Course at their college.
Cadets are observed and evaluated during classroom and field training exercises to determine their officer potential in leadership abilities and skills. The cadets are trained to have a sound understanding of traditional leadership values during the challenging, motivating “hands-on” training. The training develops well-disciplined, highly motivated, physically conditioned students, and helps improve the cadets’ self-confidence, initiative, leadership potential, decision making, and collective team cohesion. The cadets receive training in fundamental military skills, Army values, ethics, Warrior ethos, basic rifle marksmanship, small arms tactics, weapons training, drill and ceremony, communications, combat water survival training, rappelling, land navigation, and squad-level operations field training.
Pevehouse is a student at Sam Houston State University, Huntsville.
She is the daughter of Tisha and Kyle Pevehouse of Mabank.
Pevehouse graduated in 2011 from Waxahachie High School.
Military News: Antonio B. Antonio
Air Force Airman 1st Class Antonio B. Antonio 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.
Antonio is the son of Leonor and Obidio Antonio of Athens.
He is a 2005 graduate of Athens High School.
Military News: Cody M. Marple
Air Force Airman Cody M. Marple 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.
Marple earned distinction as an honor graduate.
He is the son of Mikaela Marple of Log Cabin, and brother of Shayna Hall of Allen.
The airman is a 2012 graduate of Eustace High School.
Military News: Hunter B. Thornton
Air Force Airman Hunter B. Thornton 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.
Thornton is the son of Tammy Thornton of Brownsboro.
He is a 2012 graduate of Brownsboro High School.