Military News
Air Force Staff Sgt. Edward J. Allen has been deployed. Allen, a regional band vocals craftsman with eight years of military service, is regularly assigned to the 3rd Wing, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Anchorage, Ala. He is the son of Sherry Allen of Terrace Ave, Indianapolis, Ind. His grandparents, Ray and Anne Allen, reside on N. Seventh Ave., Beech Grove, Ind. The sergeant is a 1998 graduate of Warren Central High School, Indianapolis.
Army Reserve Pvt. Zachariah P. Engledow has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field tactics, military courtesy, military justice system, basic first aid, foot marches and field training exercises. Engledow is the son of Rob Engledow of Palo Verde Court, and Missy Van Artsen of Bear Hollow Drive, both of Indianapolis, Ind. In 2007, the private graduated from the Walker Career Center, Indianapolis.
