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Navy Ensign Patrick A. McCarthy, a 2001 graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School For Science And Technology, Alexandria, was recently commissioned upon graduation from the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) Program with Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps Unit, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Ind.
Marine Corps Pfc. Victor E. Frye, son of Wanda Glenn and Victor E. Frye, Sr of Alexandria, recently completed the Administrative Clerk Course at Personnel Administration School, Marine Corps Combat Service Support Schools, Camp Lejeune, N. C. Frye is a 2004 graduate of Mount Vernon High School and joined the Marine Corps in October 2004.
Two soldiers from Alexandria are deploying to Afghanistan to serve as members of Combined Joint Task Force-76. They are both regularly assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade based at Caserma Ederle, Vicence, Italy. Army Sgt. 1st Class Noel M. Rivera is a brigade communication superintendent and has 18 years of military experience. He is the son of Luisa and Noel Rivera. Rivera is a 1986 graduate of Fishburn Military School, Waynesboro, Va. Army Spec. Kevin C. Sowers is a military police specialist. He is the son of James R. and Patricia Ann Sowers. Sowers is a 2001 graduate of Thomas Edison High School.