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Congratulations to my son Hector E. Perez. He has been a Brentwood resident for 19 years and he graduated from Liberty High School in 2011. I never thought he would come home one day to tell me th...
Nov 17, 2011 | 0 | 6 |
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About 200 people came together to honor our nation’s veterans with a ceremony that ended with a bang. Three bangs, to be precise.
The shots rang out from a trio of Civil War cannons provided by Ame...
Nov 17, 2011 | 0 | 7 |
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Congressman Jerry McNerney recently announced the beginning of the fifth annual Holiday Cards for Our Troops program. Last year, McNerney’s office collected more than 7,000 cards from the community...
Nov 16, 2011 | 0 | 6 |
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Though many of the participants of Antioch’s annual Veterans Day parade were soaked to the skin, their patriotic spirit shone through.
More than 1,000 people braved the wet stuff to witness Antioch...
Nov 10, 2011 | 0 | 13 |
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The memories come slowly to Jack Papazian. Settled deeply into a comfortable chair at Cortona Park, the 90-year-old veteran’s eyes gaze out from beneath a black ball cap that reads “USS Putnam, DD-...
Nov 03, 2011 | 0 | 10 |
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An emotional Kevin Graves pauses while composing a message to his son, Joey, on a steel beam that will become part of the new gymnasium at Excelsior Middle School.
The signing ceremony took place ...
Nov 03, 2011 | 0 | 6 |
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Vietnam veteran Phil Ehrhorn will visit the Brentwood Library, 104 Oak St., to share his war experiences in a free one-hour program on Tuesday, Nov. 8 at 4 p.m.
Brentwood resident Ehrhorn served on...
Oct 27, 2011 | 0 | 5 |
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PV2 Brendan B. Walker, a 2011 graduate of Heritage High School, recently completed basic combat training for the U.S. Army at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.
Walker will begin 39 weeks of advanced infantry...
Oct 20, 2011 | 0 | 5 |
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Nominated by the Summerset Volunteer Program, Summerset III resident Len Bregman was honored on Oct. 16 at the Culture to Culture Foundation gala event in Walnut Creek.
Bregman was one of 12 to win...
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Airman Stephen Zeiler graduated in May of 2011 from U.S. Air Force basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas.
A 2010 Heritage High graduate, Zeiler completed eight w...
Oct 13, 2011 | 0 | 4 |
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Discovery Bay resident Trevor Hudson, who attended Timber Point Elementary and Excelsior Middle School, started his ninth-grade year at New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell, N.M.
A full 97 per...
Oct 13, 2011 | 0 | 5 |
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East County welcomed another service member home this weekend: U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Justin Horak.
Horak is stationed at Kadena Air Force Base in Okinawa, where he works as an avionics tech an...
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Pvt. Joseph A. Zalec, a 2011 graduate of Heritage High School, completed basic combat training for the United States Army at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. on Sept. 29. Zalec has begun advanced training in...
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U.S. Marines Lance Cpl. Cameron Crow was recently welcomed home after 13 months of deployments to Thailand and Japan.
The son of a Navy veteran, Cameron joined the Marines in 2009, and is assigned...
Sep 29, 2011 | 0 | 13 |
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As he stood outside a construction trailer in Afghanistan, Petty Officer 1st Class Chris Marquart knew exactly what he was hearing.
“It was that unforgettable ‘whooossssh’ a rocket makes,” he sai...
Sep 28, 2011 | 0 | 11 |
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In its ongoing quest to support members of the military, Operation Creekside is holding a drawing for a custom chopper to help fund camping getaways for injured or wounded service members and their...
Sep 22, 2011 | 0 | 8 |
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On Aug. 19, U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Scott Portue, a 2004 Liberty High School graduate and mechanical engineering graduate of Colorado State University, finished his undergraduate pilot training at t...
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They’re a somber reminder of war, a poignant remembrance of the past and for anyone who has seen them, an unforgettable sight. Last week, 52 9-foot banners displaying the photos of fallen armed for...
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Airman Apprentice Steven J. Wise graduated from Naval Station Great Lakes Recruit Training Command in Illinois following eight weeks of intense training.
He is currently stationed in Pensacola, Fl...
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The remodeling of Veterans Hall under its belt, American Legion Post 202 in Brentwood plans to ramp up its service to veterans and the community under the direction one of that project’s leaders, M...