Ayotte graduates
LAWTON, Okla. – Army Pfc. Curtis C. Ayotte has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla.
During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission and received instruction and training exercises in drill and ceremonies, Army history, core values and traditions, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid, rifle marksmanship, weapons use, map reading and land navigation, foot marches, armed and unarmed combat, and field maneuvers and tactics.
He is the son of Chandler A. Ayotte of Pawtucket, R.I. and Kathi L. Plante of Washburn.
Ayotte graduated in 1998 from Maranacook Community High School in Readfield, and received an associate degree in 2000 from the New England School of Communications in Bangor.
Everett returns home
Army National Guard Spec. Benjamin Everett has returned to the U.S. after being deployed to an overseas forward-operating location in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Operation Iraqi Freedom is the official name given to military operations involving members of the U.S. armed forces and coalition forces participating in efforts to free and secure Iraq. Mission objectives focus on force protection, peacekeeping, stabilization, security and counter-insurgency operations as the Iraqi transitional governing bodies assume full sovereign powers to govern the peoples of Iraq.
Members from all branches of the U.S. military and multinational forces are also assisting in rebuilding Iraq’s economic and governmental infrastructure and training and preparing Iraqi military and security forces to assume full authority and responsibility in defending and preserving Iraq’s sovereignty and independence as a democracy.
Everett is an infantryman normally assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry (Mountain) Division, Brewer.
He is the son of Dwight K. and Susan Everett of Fort Fairfield.
