Air Force Airman Joshua Wieringa recently graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, in San Antonio, Texas. He was an honor graduate. Wieringa graduated from the National Guard Youth Challenge Academy, in Dillon, in 2010. He is the son of Ridge Wieringa, of Coram.

Air Force Airman Myles Ball recently graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, in San Antonio, Texas. He is a 2009 graduate of Laurel High School, in Los Alamitos, Calif. Ball is the son of Carol Ball, of Columbia Falls, and Lynn Ball, of Buena Park, Calif.