FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — APRIL 17, 2013 – Navy Seaman Recruit Stephanie Voroukoumanh, daughter of Mary Voroukoumanh of West Sacramento, recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill. The capstone event of boot camp is “Battle Stations,” an exercised to designed to galvanize the basic warrior attributes of sacrifice, dedication, [...]
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FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — APRIL 3, 2013 – Air Force Airman Jaime F. Alvarez graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies. Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied [...]
FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — DEC 26, 2012 – Air Force Airman Vipul P. Chandra graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, 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 [...]
NEWS-LEDGER — NOV 21, 2012 – By News-Ledger Staff – Celeste Hall, a 2009 graduate of River City High School now serving in the Navy, received her wings as an Enlisted Aviation Warfare Specialist (left). She is presently on the USS John C Stennis, a seventh Nimitz-class nuclear-powered supercarrier. She’s the daughter of Heidi Haskins, [...]
NEWS-LEDGER — OCT 31, 2012 – FROM THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District has concluded this year’s construction of a setback levee along South River Road in West Sacramento with plans to resume next spring. The construction site will be shut down for the winter and [...]
FROM THE WEST SACRAMENTO NEWS-LEDGER — SEPT 12, 2012 – By Steve Marschke News-Ledger Editor The flags returned on Friday, thousands of them, fluttering in just about the same Southport location they have occupied on each anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. There’s one flag for each victim of that day – [...]
NEWS-LEDGER — JULY 11, 2012 – Hundreds of immigrants took the oath to uphold and defend the constitution of the United States yesterday morning at Raley Field — the last step in what for many was a deeply meaningful commitment to become U.S. citizens. Over 1,300 people were expected for the mass naturalization [...]
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