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MilitaryA Special Publication of the Vilas County News-Review and The Three Lakes News 2019 Salute freedom is not free Memorial Day Preview Soldiers’ Stories Veterans Services Active-Duty Military Profiles PAGE 2 MILITARY SALUTE VILAS COUNTY NEWS-REVIEW/THE THREE LAKES NEWS WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2019 We salute and support America’s veterans and active military personnel! VISIT US SOON Depend on the people at Nelson’s for all your needs • Hallmark Cards • Lawn & Garden Supplies • Automotive Supplies • Cleaning Supplies • Hand & Power Tools • Great Battery Selection • Greenhouse • Propane Filling • Plumbing & Electrical Supplies & Fixtures • Keys Duplicated Nelson’s Hardware Open 7 days a week to serve you 606 E. Wall, Eagle River 715-479-4496 ACE IS THE PLACE WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2019 VILAS COUNTY NEWS-REVIEW/THE THREE LAKES NEWS MILITARY SALUTE PAGE 3 Memorial Day services will be held in communities across the North Woods Monday, May 27, giv- and visitors are invited to attend the ceremonies that will include Armed Forces songs, guest ing honor to men and women who died in military action for their country. North Woods residents speakers and rifle salutes. —NEWS-REVIEW PHOTO Memorial Day services announced Men and women who died in military ac- semble at 10:45 a.m. on the grounds. In the will be another cannon salute from the 8th perior Street to the Three Lakes cemetery. tion for their country will be remembered event of rain, the program will be held in Wisconsin Artillery Company, followed by a The ceremony at the cemetery will begin during Memorial Day services in communi- the new courthouse addition. moment of silence. at 10:15 a.m. American Legion Post Com- ties across the North Woods. The program will be opened by Deborah The Northland Pines choir and band will mander Mike Silber will be master of cere- Veterans, area residents, government of- Eicher, Veterans Service Office, followed by perform “America the Beautiful,” followed monies, with music by the Three Lakes ficials and North Woods visitors are wel- the Northland Pines High School band and by a Color Guard rifle salute by Veterans of High School band. Speakers will be retired come to attend all the ceremonies. choir performing the national anthem, and Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 8637 and the U.S. Navy Capt. Terry McCloskey, and Veterans organizations in Eagle River, then the 8th Wisconsin Artillery Company playing of taps by the band. There will be Three Lakes High School students Kathryn Three Lakes, Land O’ Lakes, Phelps, cannon salute. The Rev. Peter Coofal will another cannon salute, the benediction by Fath, Hadley Miles and Samuel Welhoefer. Rhinelander and Woodruff have provided lead the opening prayer. The band will per- Coofal and the choir will sing “Amazing The names of military killed in action will the following details of Memorial Day form a medley of armed forces songs. Ma- Grace.” Eicher will close the program. be read, followed by taps, three volleys by weekend programs: rine veteran Timothy Allison will be the For more information, contact the Vilas the Legion Firing Squad, and raising the guest speaker. County Veterans Service Office at (715) cemetery flag to full staff. The public is en- Eagle River Other highlights of the program will in- 479-3629. couraged to attend. The Eagle River Memorial Day cere- clude the placing of poppies at the Tomb of In the event of bad weather, the program mony is scheduled for Monday, May 27, at the Unknown Soldier by Eagle River area Three Lakes will be held in the Three Lakes School gym- 11 a.m. at Veterans Monument (front Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, a reading of the Memorial Day in Three Lakes will be ob- nasium at 10 a.m. For more information grounds of the Vilas County Courthouse) in names of the fallen by students Colton served Monday, May 27. The program will about the program, contact The American Eagle River. Clure and Emily McGee, and Allison and start at 10 a.m. with a solemn procession on Ceremony participants are asked to as- Eicher laying a wreath at the tomb. There foot from the Three Lakes Winery down Su- Turn to SERVICES, Pg. 6 PAGE 4 MILITARY SALUTE VILAS COUNTY NEWS-REVIEW/THE THREE LAKES NEWS WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2019 Caleb M. Rockafield Jesse E. Shady Caleb is a 2018 graduate of Northland Pines High Jesse is a 2012 graduate of Oconomowoc School, where he participated in the U.S. Army Future Sol- High School. He joined the U.S. Air Force in his dier Training Program, enlisting and qualifying for Airborne junior year. He graduated basic training and A (jump school) while still a student. School at Lackland Air Force Base in San Anto- Boot camp was successfully completed in August 2018, nio, Texas. He successfully completed Survival at Fort Jackson, S.C. Construction Equipment Repair train- School in the state of Washington, then to be ing conducted at Fort Leonard, Wood, Mo., immediately fol- stationed in Warner Robins, Ga., with J Stars. lowed. His last phase of training prior to receiving his first assignment was Airborne training conducted at Fort Ben- He has completed two tours in the Middle ning, Ga., which was completed in December 2018. East and has flown over 80 combat missions, He is currently stationed at Fort Richardson, Anchor- receiving two flight medals. His current rank is age, Alaska, serving with the 6th Brigade Engineer Battal- staff sergeant. ion (Airborne). He has successfully completed jumps from both C-130 and C-17 aircraft. Jesse is married and lives in Georgia with his Caleb is the son of Mark and Diane Rockafield of St. wife, Kyra. Jesse is the son of Lori Schubring Germain, Wis., brother of Jordan and Ruth, Rebekah, and stepson of Brian Schubring of Eagle River, Ezekiel, Josiah and Lyla Rockafield. His family lineage in- Wis. cludes military members from the Civil War, World War II and Vietnam, as well as peacetime service. Will Starke Michael T. Busha Cadet Will Starke is a 2016 graduate of Three Senior Master Sgt. Michael T. Busha is the Lakes High School, is an SMP (simultaneous First Sergeant for the 325th Maintenance membership program) Cadet at St. Norbert Col- Squadron, Tyndall Air Force Base (AFB), Fla. lege, meaning he is both enlisted in the Wisconsin National Guard and contracted with ROTC. Senior Master Sgt. Busha enlisted in the Air Force in Decem ber 1998, and completed Intel- He enlisted at 17 during his junior year of high ligence Operations technical training at Good- school and went to basic training that summer. Af- fellow AFB in August 1999. ter graduating from high school, Will went to Fort Huachuca for 10 months of AIT as a 35T. He then He has deployed in support of Operations enrolled at St. Norbert College, where he is study- Southern Watch, Northern Watch, Enduring ing Psychology. He contracted with ROTC in Octo- ber of 2018, and continues to drill with the National Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. Guard Aviation branch and will drill with them as a Major awards and decorations: Meritorious cadet until he goes to flight school after graduation and commissioning as a 2nd Lt. He will then return Service Medal, Joint Commendation Medal, Air to Wisconsin to be an Army Aviator. Force Commendation Medal with five devices. His parents are Kim and Virginia Starke of Ea- Senior Master Sgt. Busha is the son of gle River. Thomas and Jeri Busha of Eagle River. Lonnie Roy Adam J. Schubring Lonnie Roy, Capt., Army National Guard, com- Adam is a 2018 National Honor Society grad- pany commander of HHC 2-127 Infantry out of Ap - uate of Waterford High School. He joined the ple ton, Wis. He is currently deployed to Afghan istan U.S. Navy in his junior year. in support of Operation Freedoms Sentinel. He started his basic training at Great Lakes Lonnie graduated from Wabeno High School, Naval Station and earned a Sharpshooter rib- Wabeno, Wis., then obtained a bachelor’s de- bon for pistol shooting. He graduated in the top gree in Business Administration from UW- 3% of his class, earning a ribbon and ranked up Oshkosh, where he joined the ROTC program for outstanding achievements. He successfully and graduated as an officer in the Army National completed Electrical Engineering and A School. Guard. In 2018, he graduated from Captain He is being ranked up to Petty Officer 3rd Class. School in Fort Benning Army base in Georgia. When Lonnie is not deployed, he lives in Ea- Adam will be shipping out to Dahlgren, Va., gle River, Wis., with his wife, Alexis, and 1-year- for C School for Spy, which is high-powered se- old daughter, Raelynn. He is the son of Lenny cret radar. Roy and stepmother, Kelly Roy, and Lona Nor- Adam is the son of Brian Schubring and step- ris and Bob Norris, stepfather. His brother, son of Lori Schubring of Eagle River, Wis. Jeremy, also is currently serving in the Army Na- tional Guard. WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2019 VILAS COUNTY NEWS-REVIEW/THE THREE LAKES NEWS MILITARY SALUTE PAGE 5 A lifetime of service Dr. Workinger retires to St. Germain after career in U.S. Navy ___________ BY WALLY GEIST SPECIAL TO THE NEWS-REVIEW ___________ Dr. Robert T. Workinger is a retired U.S. medical and dental screening. The Navy Navy Lt. Cmdr. living in St. Germain. He career put him aboard the USS Mars came to the community with a lifelong his- (AFS-1) where he conducted a program of tory of leadership and service to those restorative and preventive dental care and around him.
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