Military milestones

- James F. Trusley III, director of the Augusta Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers, has been selected to receive a Presidential Rank Award for 2006.

- Barbara Blueford, the hospitality coordinator for the Augusta Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers, has been named the September Employee of the Month.

- Angela Betts, business manager of Specialty Care Service Line, has been named the October Employee of the Month.

Also, The hospitals have been named a Georgia Progress Award recipient by the Board of Examiners for Georgia Oglethorpe Award Process Inc.

Fort Gordon has announced the following honors:

- Spc. Claudette Gouacide, assigned to the 442nd Signal Battalion as a personnel specialist, is the Servicemember for the Fourth Quarter.

- Sgt. Brian Simmons, assigned to A Co., 447th Signal Battalion, is the Noncommissioned Officer of the Fourth Quarter.

- Staff Sgt. Amy Williams, assigned to Headquarters and A Co., 551st Signal Battalion as an instructor/writer for the Information Systems Operator Analyst Course and the Telecommunications Operator Maintainer Course in the Information Technology Warfighter Division, is Instructor of the Fourth Quarter.

- Spc. KenJuan Logan, assigned to Headquarters, Headquarters Co., 202nd Military Intelligence Battalion as a food service specialist in Dining Facility 13, is the Cook of the Fourth Quarter.

- Terence Cleary, the chief of the Administrative and Civil Law Division of the Office of the Staff Judge Advocate, is the Civilian of the Fourth Quarter.

- Anita Patterson, who has volunteered with the Health Services Auxiliary for two years, is the Volunteer of the Month for July.

- Marti Ragano, whose volunteer commitment began in July 2005, is Volunteer of the Month for August.

- Gail Bulken who has served as the treasurer for the Health Services Auxiliary for 12 years, is Volunteer of the Month for September.

- Army Reserve Pfc. Travis L. Baxter, son of Timothy G. and Sharon R. Baxter, of Blythe, has graduated from basic training at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla.

- Army Staff Sgt. Joseph P. Norris, a 1993 graduate of Hephzibah High School and son of Valerie Dye, of Hephzibah, has been awarded an Army Commendation Medal.

- Army Pvt. Larry D. Cobbins, a 2006 graduate of Cross Creek High School and son of Vivian Gaines, of Augusta, has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia.

- Army Pfc. Lauren W. Lee, daughter of Anthony Lee, of Augusta, and June Garnett, of Evans, has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia.

- Army Pfc. Adrian J. Sapp, a 1999 graduate of Glenn Hills High School, has graduated from the Fire Control Systems Repairer Advanced Individual Training course at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Aberdeen, Md.

- Army National Guard Pfc. William L. Smith, a 2006 graduate of Lucy C. Laney High School and son of Mildred Smith, of Augusta, has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia.

- Army Pfc. Derek Wilsey, son of Cliffton Wilsey, of Hephzibah, has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla.

- Army Pfc. Joseph D. Mitchell, a 2006 graduate of Glenn Hills High School son of Carla White, of Augusta, has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia.

- Air Force Airman Terence L. Brady, a 2001 graduate of A.R. Johnson High School and son of Evelyn Johnson, of Hephzibah, has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio.

- Air Force Airman Timothy L. Lewis, a 2005 graduate of A.R. Johnson High School and son of Milton Durham and Sharon Lewis, of Augusta, has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio.

- Air Force Airman Quincy L. Lawrence, son of R. Lawrence, of Augusta, has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio.

- Army Pfc. Dondale E. Stroman, a 2005 graduate of Glenn Hills High School and son of Cheryl Scott, of Augusta, has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia.

- Army Pfc. Brannon G. Dean, son of Diane Dean, of Hephzibah, has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia.

- Army Pvt. Martina T. Waltower, a 2004 graduate of Burke County High School, Waynesboro, Ga., and daughter of Consuelos Williams, of Hephzibah, has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia.

- Sheraz W. Cedeno, a 2003 graduate of Glenn Hills High School, has been promoted to the rank of staff sergeant in the Air Force.

- Army Reserve Pfc. Kimberly L. Greene, a 2006 graduate of Cross Creek High School and daughter of Judy Greene, of Hephzibah, has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia.