Air Force Airman Alanna Cherry has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. Cherry is the granddaughter of Barbra Cherry of Locust Hill Road, Bethesda.
Army National Guard Spec. Jose A. Duran served as a member of a task force that consisted of transportation, maintenance, and medical soldiers, who deployed to southern California to support efforts of the U.S. Border Patrol and to enhance the homeland defense mission. Duran, a water purification specialist, is assigned to the 729th Brigade Support Battalion, Reistertown, Md. He has served in the military for four years. He is the son of Jose A. and Sandra L. Duran of Longwood Drive, Rockville, and is a 2003 graduate of Rockville High School.
Zhuoyi Gu has graduated from the Army ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) Leader's Training Course at Fort Knox, Ky. Gu is a student at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is the son of Yunhua Gao of Gaithersburg. Gu is a 2002 graduate of Wooten High School, Rockville.
Air Force Airman Matthew R. Milner has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. Milner is the son of Ernest and Carol Milner of Gaithersburg.
Air Force Airman 1st Class Christopher W. Gormley has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. He is the son of William Gormley of Cabin John. Gormley is a 2001 graduate of Walt Whitman High School.
Air Force Airman Anthony L. Whiting has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. He is the nephew of Anthony Richmond of Rockville.