Honoring Our American Heroes
The Tehachapi News joins with the City of Tehachapi this Independence Day to honor those from our community who are serving our nation.
Daniel Alvarez
Tech. Sergeant, Air Force Edwards AFB
William Avery
PFC, Army Fort Sam Houston
Cody Blackburn
E-3, US Navy Great Lakes, Ill.
Cody Bowman
Cpl, Marine Corps Embassy Dakar, Bangladesh
Corey Bowman
Cpl, Marine Corps Japan
Shawn Butler
Staff Sgt., Air Force; Balad, Iraq
Joseph M. Christopher
Tech. Sgt. E-6, Air Force; RAF Lakenheath, UK
Jason Dunn
Lance Cpl., Marines Camp Pendleton
Lee Eastham
Spec., Army, 82nd Airborne Fort Bragg, N.C.
Tyler P. Ebersbacher
PFC, Marine Corps Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Ben Frias
FN ENG/EM Div, Navy San Diego, USS Antietam Pictured with Ernest E. Young, US Navy veteran and Pearl Harbor survivor and his wife, Alice Young.
Cory Friedt
Sgt., Army Iraq/Hawaii
Dane Ryan Haws
Lance Cpl., Marine Corps; Twenty-Nine Palms
Davita Heavener
PFC, Navy A&M ROTC
Scott Jacobi
PFC, Marine Corps Pensacola, Fla.
John Charles King
Airman 1st Class, Air Force Spangdahlem Air Base, deployed to Joint Base Balad, Iraq
Patrick LaGaly
HTC (SEL), Navy Seal Beach
Alexander J. Marothy
HM2/E-5, Navy USS Peleliu, San Diego
Elliott Marroquin
PFC, Army, Kansas; with family members.
Jason McEachern
E5 Staff Sgt., Air Force Peterson AFB, Colo.
Mark Mead
Private, Army Fort Bliss, Texas
Christopher Minton
E6, Navy Lemoore Naval Air Station
Amanda Mitchell
Staff Sgt., Air Force Holloman AFB
Alexander Raye Pimentel
Corporal, Army Fort Drum, N.Y.
James Pizinger
DC1 SW/AW Navy USS Carl Vinson
David Prutch
AWFAN, Navy Jacksonville, Fla.
Daniel L. Rakowski
Airman Basic, Air force Lockland AFB
Bryan Reed
Tech. Sgt., Air Force Elmendorf AFB, Alaska
Trevor Rowdy Reed
PFC, Marine Corps Marine Security Forces Training School, Va.
Tyson Schmidt
CTT3, Navy Mayport, Fla.
David Sexton
Specialist, Army Fort Drum, N.Y.
Fortune Steele
Cpl., Marines Camp Pendleton: two Middle East tours
John Anthony Stephens
E5, Navy Naval Base Kitsap, Wash.
Alexandra L. Swanson
2nd Lt., Air Force Guam
Brendan Thebeau
PFC, Army Camp Justice, Afghanistan
Kenneth P. VanTassel
E-4, Navy Port Hueneme
Stephen Viveros
E1, Navy Navy Sub. School
Austin Lee Watts
Lance Corporal LCPL Marine Corps. Camp Pendleton
Nicholas Whitman
Aviations Electronic Tech Petty Officer 2nd Class, Navy
