ARMED FORCES

ARMED FORCES

VETERANS

Recognition dinner

VIENNA

The Armed Forces Recognition dinner, sponsored by the Youngstown Air Reserve Base Community Council, is set for May 14 at the Youngstown Air Reserve Station’s Community Activity Center, 3976 King-Graves Road.

The cost is $25 per person or $200 per table. No tickets will be sold at the door. For reservations, call Holly Baker at 330-531-0120.

Commander elected

YOUNGSTOWN

Leo H. Connelly Jr. recently was elected commander of Disabled American Veterans Chapter 2.

Connelly, a member of the Mahoning County Veterans Service Commission and a highly decorated Vietnam War combat veteran, is a lifetime member of the DAV.

Other officers elected are Tony Revetti, adjutant; Tom Moss, senior vice commander; Robert Cooke, junior vice commander; James Carmany, treasurer; Anthony Tisler, sergeant-at-arms; and Dale Baringer, chaplain.

ACADEMY NEWS

Merchant Marine

CANFIELD

Kaylee Kilbert, a senior at Canfield High School, has received an appointment to the Merchant Marine Academy.

Nominated by U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Cleveland, Kilbert is one of some 250 selected to attend the academy out of more than 2,200 applicants.

Completion of the four-year curriculum, which includes three trimesters at sea on U.S. Flag Merchant vessels and Navy ships as well as an internship, leads to a bachelor’s degree, a Merchant Marine officer’s license as an engineering officer and a commission in the Navy Reserve.

Kilbert, the daughter of Richard and Teresa Kilbert of Canfield and granddaughter of Richard and Marianne Kilbert of Warren, also will participate on the Mariners track and field team.

BASIC TRAINING GRADS

Air Force: Reserve Airman 1st Class Andrew A. Wilson (Grove City, Pa., High School, ’06; associate degree, University of Phoenix, ’10), son of Pamela and Timothy Wilson of Mercer, Pa.; Airman Joseph R. Good (Cambridge High School, ’12), son of Joseph R. and Melanie A. Good of Cambridge and grandson of Robert Beeson of Salem; Reserve Airman 1st Class Kellen D. Harris (Sharon High School, Sharon, Pa., ’07; bachelor’s degree, Marshall University, W.Va., ’11), son of Denita J. and Kevin A. Harris of Sharon.

Army: National Guard Pvt. Allen D. Poindexter Jr. (Struthers High School, ’13), son of Allen and stepson of Deborah Poindexter of Youngstown; Pvt. Cassie A. Kiester (Lakeview High School, Sandy Lake, Pa., ’13), daughter of Brandy Schoen of Sandy Lake.

Items of note for the Armed Forces Digest can be sent to The Vindicator, Regional Desk, P.O. Box 780, Youngstown 44501-0780, or emailed to William Alcorn at alcorn@vindy.com