-- Tech. Sgt. Richard Sanders, stationed at Fairchild AFB, has left for Kuwait and will be running convoys throughout Iraq for six months. This is his third deployment to Operation Iraqi Freedom within five years. He is married to Kacie Sanders. He is the son of Lisa Iverson and Harold and Sally Sanders, all of Finley.

-- Air Force Airman David J. Shelby has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, with distinction as an honor graduate.

-- The following have graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio:

-- Army Pvt. Kyle D. Wilson has graduated from the Infantryman One Station Unit Training at Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga. He is the son of Lesa and stepson of Shawn Manley of Umatilla and a 2008 graduate of Umatilla High School.

-- Navy Seaman Apprentice Casey W. Wolf, son of Carolyn Brockman of Kennewick and Shay Wolf of Vancouver, recently completed Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill. Wolf is a 2008 graduate of Kennewick High.