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$26K air rifle scoring system purchased for NJROTC

6/22/2021
A more than $26,000 air-rifle electronic scoring target system has been purchased for Apache Junction High School’s NJROTC program. The Apache Junction Unified School District governing …

Peoria man’s parents fight for military mental …

6/17/2021
From a young age, Brandon Caserta wanted to be a Navy SEAL and it was a driving force in everything that he did.

Veteran comes to Queen Creek to discuss his life as a …

6/17/2021
No young man would want the 20s Jack Holder had. On the other hand, not many young men would have proven as lucky, skillful and brave. Holder, an author and World War II veteran, was speaking …

Apache Junction NJROTC wins national, regional awards

5/20/2021
The 2019-20 school year wasn’t kind to Apache Junction High School’s Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps. The NJROTC was put on probation because it didn’t have at least …

Phoenix native earns praise from U.S. Navy

5/11/2021
A Phoenix native just received some high praise from the U.S. Navy this week.Alexis Zweygardt, a 2014 graduate of Glendale’s Independence High, was named Sailor of the Quarter for the USS …

Goodyear sailor poised to graduate Officer Candidate …

2/25/2021
Like many young men and women living in the shadow of Luke Air Force Base, Officer Candidate Hervey Rico grew up dreaming of flying jets.

Phoenix resident becomes fourth generation to serve in …

2/16/2021
Karah Moreland, a Phoenix native, comes from a long line of military service. Her November 2020 entrance into the Navy marks the fourth generation of Moreland family members to have served in the …

Eighth-grade students can join Apache Junction High …

2/3/2021
Stephanie Moss is an eighth-grade student at Cactus Canyon Junior High School and like a lot of eighth-grade students she became nervous as she looked ahead and thought about navigating high school …

Litchfield Park artist brings 1940s to life during …

11/24/2020
Esther BeLer Wodrich usually doesn’t get into character when she paints, but she made an exception for Rosie the Riveter, the iconic 1940s figure representing women who worked in the defense industry during World War II.

Phoenix native earns Sailor of the Quarter award at …

6/13/2019
BREMERTON, Washington – Keeping the warfighters and their families, past and present, ready and healthy,  Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Raul Haro Jr., a Phoenix native and assigned to Naval Hospital …