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Phillip Justice
Date Submitted: 02 - 04 - 2013
Brevard County Connection: Florida
Branch: United States Navy
Rank: 1st class midshipman
Comments: Phillip graduated Eau Gallie High School in 2009 and was awarded a full NROTC scholarship to Georgia Tech. He is scheduled to graduate this upcoming May with a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial & Systems Engineering. Upon graduation he will be commissioned into United State Navy. From there he will travel to NAS Pensacola where he has recently been accepted into the Student Naval Aviator program.
Unit: NROTC Georgia Tech
Home Base: Georgia Tech
Serving How Long: 4th year
Where Serving: NROTC Georgia Tech
Current Assignment: NAS Pensacola
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Travis Bugar
Date Submitted: 01 - 31 - 2013
Brevard County Connection: born and raised Titusville-Port St. John. 2008 Port St. John High School graduate. Parents live in Port St. John.
Branch: United States Marine Corp
Rank: Lance Corporal
Comments: Parris Island graduate
2011. Trained in Aircraft Crash Fire and Rescue at Louis Garland Fire Academy, Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas
Unit: MAW 2 CFR 271
Home Base: Cherry Point, North Carolina
Serving How Long: 2 years
Where Serving: Twentynine Palms, California
Current Assignment: Deploying to Afghanistan
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Brandon Shaffner
Date Submitted: 01 - 22 - 2013
Brevard County Connection: Born and raised in Cocoa. 2008 Cocoa High graduate. Parents live in Port St. John.
Branch: U.S. Air Force
Rank: Senior Airman
Comments: Transports cargo and passengers with 44 passenger bus, tractor trailer combination, and 10k fork lift. He received training at Ft Leonard Wood, MO
Unit: 4th Logistics Readiness Squadron
Home Base: Seymour Johnson AFB Goldsboro, NC
Serving How Long: Since April 2010
Where Serving: Goldsboro, NC
Current Assignment: Vehicle operations
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Kynndarrn Williamson
Date Submitted: 01 - 12 - 2013
Brevard County Connection: Graduated Palm Bay High
Branch: U.S. Navy
Rank: Airman (E3)
Comments: Eagle Scout
Unit: V2 Bow
Home Base: Norfolk Va
Serving How Long: 1 year
Where Serving: USS Eisenhower
Current Assignment:
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Robert Tyler Dunagan
Date Submitted: 12 - 26 - 2012
Brevard County Connection: 2011 graduate of Cocoa Beach Jr./Sr. High
Branch: U.S Marine Corps
Rank: Lance Corporal
Comments: Dunagan said his grandfather had a lot of influence in his decidion to serve in the military
Unit: 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine
Home Base: Marine Corps Base Hawaii
Serving How Long: Since August 2011
Where Serving: Hawaii
Current Assignment: Marine Corps Base Hawaii
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L. Ryan Adams
Date Submitted: 12 - 26 - 2012
Brevard County Connection: 1999 graduate of Eau Gallie High. Parents Archie and Hellen Ann Adams live in Melbourne
Branch: U.S. Army
Rank: Staff sergeant
Comments: Adams recently was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal.
He has served three tours in Iraq and one in Afghanistan.
Unit: Headquarters 525 Battlefield Surveillance Brigade
Home Base: Fort Bragg, N.C.
Serving How Long: About 10 years
Where Serving: Fort Bragg, N.C.
Current Assignment: Served in Iraq and Afghanistan
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Austin Moore
Date Submitted: 12 - 22 - 2012
Brevard County Connection: Mebourne Beach
Branch: U.S. Army
Rank: First Lieutenant
Comments: Melbourne Beach Native to Join 1st Infantry Division at Fort Riley, Kansas
First Lieutenant Austin Moore, a Melbourne Beach native, completed Initial Entry Rotary Wing Training and Advanced Graduate Flight Training in a UH-60M Blackhawk on November 29 2012, at the U.S. Army Aviation School of Excellence, Fort Rucker, Alabama.
Lieutenant Moore is a 2007 graduate of Westshore Junior/Senior High School in Melbourne, and a Brevard County Ocean lifeguard and first responder. He is also a 2011 Distinguished Military Graduate from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, where he majored in Air Traffic Management with a minor in Meteorology. At Embry-Riddle, Moore was a 2009 Army ROTC Superior Cadet Award recipient; and a 4-year, 2-sport college athlete who was named a 2011 NAIA Academic All American.
Lieutenant Moore is the son of Thomas and Kelley Moore of Melbourne Beach. He will be stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas, where he will join the 3rd Assault Helicopter Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment.
Unit: 3rd Assault Helicopter Battalion
Home Base: Fort Riley, KS
Serving How Long: 18 months active duty
Where Serving: Fort Riley, KS
Current Assignment: Fort Riley, KS
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Doug Voigt
Date Submitted: 12 - 12 - 2012
Brevard County Connection: Voigt attended Rockledge High. His parents, Bill and Stevie Voigt live in Rockledge
Branch: U.S Marine Corps
Rank: Gunnery sergeant
Comments: Voigt recently was promoted to gunnery sergeant and is now completing training to become a drill sergeant
Unit: 1st Recruit Training Battalion
Home Base: Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego
Serving How Long: Voigt has been in the service since 1999
Where Serving: San Diego
Current Assignment: Marine Corps Recruit Depot - drill sergeant
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John Brewster
Date Submitted: 12 - 12 - 2012
Brevard County Connection: Resident of Melbourne; graduate of Eau Gallie High School and University of Central Florida
Branch: U.S. Air Force
Rank: Lieutenant colonel
Comments: Brewster served 20 years in the Air Force. He retired Dec. 1
Unit: J-8 Military Secretariat
Home Base: Pentagon
Serving How Long: 20 years
Where Serving: recently retired
Current Assignment:
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Nykolus Alvut
Date Submitted: 12 - 05 - 2012
Brevard County Connection: 2010 Graduate of Astronaut High School
Branch: United States Marine Corps
Rank: Lance Corporal
Comments: Recently graduated from DLI (Defense Language Institute) with a degree in Korean. He is engaged to be married in May 2013.
Unit: 3D Radio BN
Home Base: Kaneohe, Hawaii
Serving How Long: 2 1/2yrs
Where Serving: Kaneohe, Hawaii
Current Assignment: DLI in Monterey, California
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