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Air Force Airman Wellington I. Pele [courtesy photo]

AIR FORCE AIRMAN WELLINGTON I. PELE 
 
Air Force Airman Wellington I. Pele graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.
 
The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.
 
Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.
 
Pele is the son of Talitiga and Ueligitone Tonumaipea of American Samoa and a 2010 graduate of Leone High School.
 
ARMY SPECIALIST MARIA E. CaCARN
 
Army Spec. Maria E. CaCarn has returned to the U.S. after being deployed overseas at a forward operating base to serve in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
 
Operation Enduring Freedom is the official name given to anti-terrorism military operations involving U.S. troops and allied coalition partners.  Active duty and reserve component members from all branches of the U.S. armed forces have been deployed to support the war against global terrorism outside the borders of the United States.  U.S. troops serve in South, Southwest and Central Asia, the Arabian peninsula, the Horn of Africa, islands in the Pacific, and Europe.
 
CaCarn is a human resource specialist assigned to the 4th Airborne Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. She has served in the military for three years.
 
She is the daughter of Porifini Sailele of American Samoa and a 2004 graduate of Samoa College, Apia, Samoa.
 
ARMY STAFF  SARGEANT TREVOR I. TUIOLOSEGA
 
Army Staff Sgt. Trevor I. Tuiolosega has returned to the U.S. after being deployed overseas at a forward operating base to serve in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
 
Operation Enduring Freedom is the official name given to anti-terrorism military operations involving U.S. troops and allied coalition partners.  Active duty and reserve component members from all branches of the U.S. armed forces have been deployed to support the war against global terrorism outside the borders of the United States.  U.S. troops serve in South, Southwest and Central Asia, the Arabian peninsula, the Horn of Africa, islands in the Pacific, and Europe.
 
Tuiolosega is an ammunition specialist assigned to the 4th Airborne Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.  He has served in the military for 13 years.
 
He is the son of Trevor Tuiolosega of Pavaiai and a 1999 graduate of Samoana High School.