Central Oahu Recruits Are Serving From Iraq To Virginia
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Brian Cardona
Residents and former students of Central Oahu schools continue to join the military service and achieve success in training and combat duties. Below is a partial listing of recent news about local servicemembers.

Warren Ledesma
Commissions/Deployments Samantha Cody of Mililani has graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, receiving a B.S. degree and her second lieutenant’s commission. She will be a communications officer ... Another academy grad, Mililani’s Kelly Morgan, is set for undergraduate pilot training at Laughlin AFB, Texas ...

Patrick Randle
Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Robert Grilho (Mililani ‘96, UH-Manoa ‘03) is deployed to Iraq as a civil engineer, normally attached to the 154th Civil Engineer Squadron at Hickam. Basic training Dennis Gaxiola (Wahiawa Community School ‘04) has graduated from Air Force Reserve basic training at Lackland AFB, Texas, as have Mililani’s Kaina Navares (Moanalua ‘00, UH-Manoa ‘05), Warren Ledesma (Mililani ‘06), Christina Ellis (Leilehua ‘07) and Shane Costa (Leilehua ‘04) ...

Dennis Gaxiola
Kevin Ishikawa (Mililani ‘01) has completed Air National Guard basic training at Lackland AFB ...Gary Omalza (Leilehua ‘06), Rena Blair (Mililani ‘05), Patrick Randle (Mililani ‘02) and Bryan Cardona (Mililani ‘07) graduated from Air Force basic training,also at Lackland ...

Kaina Navares
Matthew Au (Leilehua ‘98) and Anthony Shipley of Wahiawa completed Army basic training at Fort Knox, Ky. ... Solomon Akui of Mililani has graduated from Army Reserve basic training at Fort Jackson, S.C. ... Gabriel Ganibe (Mililani ‘07) and Alisha Bassim (Leilehua ‘02,Oregon State ‘06) have completed Army National Guard basics at Fort Knox, Ky. ...

Shane Costa
Wahaiwa’s Dominique Vincent completed Army basic training at Fort Benning, Ga., and Todd Barker, also of Wahiawa, did the same at Fort Jackson. Specialized Training Melissa Gonzales (Leilehua ‘06) graduated from the Army Reserve’s advanced food service specialist course at Fort Lee,Va. ... Wahiawa’s Krystle Manguba-Glover (Kahuku ‘07) has graduated from the Army ROTC leaders training course at Fort Knox, Ky. She attends New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell ...
Kazden Ikehara of Mililani has entered basic cadet training at the U.S. Air Force Academy in preparation for his first academy year there.
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