Army Capt. Romarius L. Longmire, a member of the 225th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Stryker Brigade “Warrior,” 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division, Baghdad, is one of three soldiers who assisted a staff of doctors, nurses and physicians at the Taji Health Clinic, Iraq.

The Stryker Brigade health care soldiers provided the health clinic staff with hands-on training on some of the newest health care equipment. The new equipment included the electrocautery devise, used to cut tissue and coagulate blood; the intermittent cervical and lumbar traction, used to relieve pain in the back and neck; and the I-stat blood analyzer, used to better test and analyze patients’ blood chemistry.

Longmire, a surgeon, is regularly assigned to the 25th Infantry Division at Schofield Barracks, Wahiawa, Hawaii. The captain has served in the military for five years.

The Daphne native is the son of Windrila C. Longmire of Daphne.

The captain graduated in from Daphne High School, and received a bachelor’s degree in 1995 from the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. He earned a doctor of medicine degree in 2004 from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Md.

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Army Pfc. Henry D. Barron has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.

During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field tactics, military courtesy, military justice system, basic first aid, foot marches, and field training exercises.

He is the son of Alice and Henry Barron of Woodland Way, Spanish Fort.

Barron graduated in 2002 from Daphne High School and received a degree in 2006 from the University of South Alabama.

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Marine Corps Pvt. Nicholas J. Engle-Wrye — son of John D. Wrye of Daphne — and Marine Corps Pvt. David A. Stockman — son of Kimberly K. Castle of Daphne, and John A. Stockman of Austin, Texas — recently completed 12 weeks of basic training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S.C. designed to challenge new Marine recruits physically and mentally.

Engle-Wrye and Stockman and fellow recruits began their training at 5 a. m., by running three miles and performing calisthenics. In addition to the physical conditioning program, Engle-Wrye and Stockman spent numerous hours in classroom and field assignments that included learning first aid, uniform regulations, combat water survival, marksmanship, hand-to-hand combat and assorted weapons training. They performed close-order drill and operated as a small infantry unit during field training.

Engle-Wrye and Stockman, and other recruits, received instruction on the Marine Corps’ core values — honor, courage and commitment — and what the core values mean in guiding personal and professional conduct.

Engle-Wrye and Stockman, and fellow recruits, ended the training phase with The Crucible, a 54-hour, team evolution culminating in an emotional ceremony in which recruits are presented the Marine Corps Emblem, and addressed as “Marines” for the first time in their careers.

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William C. Stratton has joined the United States Army under the Delayed Entry Program. The program gives young men and women the opportunity to delay entering active duty for up to one year.

The enlistment gives the new soldier the option to learn a skill, travel and become eligible to receive as much as $50,000 toward a college education. After completion of basic military training, soldiers receive advanced individual training in their career job specialty prior to being assigned to their first permanent duty station.

The recruit qualifies for a $23,000 enlistment bonus.

Stratton, currently at Daphne High School, has reported to Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga., for basic training in June 2009.

He is the son of William and Nancy Stratton of Donna Circle, Daphne.

—Army & Air Force Hometown News