In The Service - 2012
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This page is for the purpose of posting news and addresses of Island
residents who are serving our country in the military.
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Service Persons from Grand Island, New York - 192 Names - Update December 22, 2011
By Rank, Name, Service Branch - November 2001 to Dec. 2011Ranks will be updated as submitted.
Submit Island service people or corrections to teddy@giecom.net.
[note: Nov 01- troops went into Afghanistan, starting this round]
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E-2 Airman Apprentice Ian Charles Rogers - Dec. 2011
December 8, 2011 . . .See update below. E-2 Airman Apprentice Ian Charles Rogers graduated from Great Lakes United States Naval Recruiting Station in Illinois on October 28, 2011. He is presently at the Naval Air Base in Pensacola, Florida where he will graduate from his training on December 9th. Ian will then be deployed on board the USS Carl Vinson, which is presently on its Pacific Ocean tour. A 2010 graduate of Grand Island High School, Ian is the son of James Rogers of Grand Island and Carol Rogers of Kenmore. Ian's grandfather, Charles Rogers of Buffalo, is also very proud of Ian's accomplishment as he also served in the US Navy!
February 9, 2012 . . .Airman Apprentice Ian C. Rogers flew to Behrain on January 17th and was then flown out to the Carl Vinson aircraft carrier which will be stationed in the Persian Gulf until the summer 2012.
