Tag: Army

More than just a concrete wall

By Michele Lutes A blank concrete wall at Saugus High School, standing 15 feet by 16 feet, has now turned into a way for Saugus Centurions to honor alumni serving…

COC Holds Job Fair for Santa Clarita

Job seekers got the chance to meet employers face-to-face at the College of the Canyons Job Fair. The fair gave job seekers the chance to meet with multiple employers and an opportunity to meet with company representatives and ask questions.

With some Californians earning below the federal poverty line in 2010, Staff Sargent Raul Avila spoke about the different of options the U.S. Army offers. In the active Army, the Army offers 30 days paid vacation every year.

Santa Clarita Shows Support for Fallen Soldier

Santa Clarita streets were lined with people of all ages to pay respect to Spc. Rudy Acosta who was killed in Afghanistan on March 19th.

Pfc. Rudy Acosta Laid to Rest

By Robert Sippey, additional reporting by Gloria Locke Santa Clarita streets were lined with people of all ages to pay respect to Spc. Rudy Acosta who was killed in Afghanistan…

COC Administrator to be Deployed to Afghanistan

Renard Thomas, College of the Canyons’ Director of Re-entry and Veteran’s Center, will be deployed to active duty in Afghanistan. He will be away from COC for about 16 months….

Rudy Acosta Funeral Service Scheduled for Thursday

Pfc. Rudy A. Acosta, 19, was killed in Afghanistan March 19.

Veterans History Project: Bob Good

Just one soldier among thousands, Robert Good left the peace of Southern California in 1966 for the jungle of South Vietnam, never fully knowing what he was about to encounter,…

Service Academy Night At COC

The best and the brightest students in Santa Clarita have the opportunity to go to military academies such as West Point and Annapolis. That’s why Congressman Buck Mckeon held a service academy night at the COC University Center.

Veterans History Project: Bill Reynolds

William (Bill) Reynolds was born August 5, 1946 and never could have imagined where he’d be spending his 21st birthday. Most teens grow up expecting to be in Las Vegas or with a bunch of friends at the bars. Not in the middle of the Vietnam War hiding behind rice patties, where Bill eventually spent his 21st birthday.

Fallen Stevenson Ranch Soldier Remembered

Stevenson Ranch lost one of their own, when U.S. Army Paratrooper, Ian T. D. Gelig, was killed in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Several thousand Santa Clarita residents lined the sidewalks for much of the processional route, an estimated 2,000 of them in Stevenson Ranch alone. Some saluted, some held homemade signs saying “Hero” and “Thank You For Your Service”; most waved American flags.

Stevenson Ranch Soldier Dies in Afghanistan

It may be thousands of miles away, but the war in Afghanistan hit home again Monday. Army Specialist Ian Gelig of Stevenson Ranch was killed by a roadside bomb in…