Area residents complete military basic training

Tue., Oct. 28, 2014

By Heather Smith HeatherS@spokesman.com (509) 459-5583

Several area residents have graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio.

• Air Force Airman Katja Bade is the daughter of Spokane resident David Bade and a 2012 graduate of Rogers High School.

• Air Force Airman Tyler Tinney graduated from North Central High School in 2009. He is the son of Lance and Sandra Tinney, of Spokane.

• U.S. Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Shawn Noyes earned distinction as an honor graduate. He is the husband of Spokane resident Kara Noyes.

• Air Force Airman Jorden Stengle is the son of Lance Stengle and Robyn Galtieri, of Spokane. He is a 2009 graduate of Mount Spokane High School.

• Air Force Airman 1st Class Kendall Prince graduated from Lewiston Senior High School and earned an associate degree from Spokane Falls Community College in 2013. Prince is the daughter of Lesley Morrow, of Spokane Valley, and James Prince, of Spokane.

• Air Force Airman Cory Hawotte is the son of Edie Hawotte, of Spokane, and a 2014 graduate of North Central High School.

• Army Pvt. Desirae Lacombe has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson in Columbia, South Carolina. Lacombe is the daughter of Spokane resident Dawnitta Schell and a 2007 graduate of Shadle Park High School.

• Ryan Liberg, an Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps cadet at Carroll College in Helena, has graduated from the leader development and assessment course at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Liberg is a graduate of West Valley High School in 2011. He is the son of Spokane residents Brad and Tambra Liberg.

• Anthony Fleck, an Army Reserve Officers Training Corps cadet at Eastern Washington University, has graduated from the leader development and assessment course at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Fleck graduated from Mt. Spokane High School and earned an associate degree from Spokane Falls Community College in 2012.

• Douglas Carlson has graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in aeronautics with a major in commercial aviation from the John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks. Carlson is a 2010 graduate of University High School and the son of Spokane Valley residents Dan and Debbie Carlson.