Loveland, Ohio – Alex Burnett was sworn into office on Tuesday, June 11 at City Hall during the council meeting. Chief Sean Rahe introduced Burnett and Mayor Kathy Bailey administered the oath.
Brunett’s bio provided by the City:
Chief Rahe introduced Officer Burnett by stating that he immigrated to the United States from Russia in 2001. Officer Burnett joined the United States Marines thereafter and was deployed to Iraq in 2004. After a seven-month deployment he was assigned to a reconnaissance training where he was deployed to Iraq a second time with a scout team. After four years of service, Alex was honorably discharged from the Marine Corps. Alex put himself through the police academy and was hired by the Ohio State Highway Patrol where he served for the past seven years.
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LHS Seniors participating in the school’s debut Armed Forces Signing Day included Gabe Thomas – Marine Corps; Austin Montgomery – Army; Cody Smith – JROTC; Kady Huesman – Navy; Brad Williams – National Guard; William Rupe – National Guard (not pictured – Ben Brynjulfson-Rearon – Air Force; Mallory Beam – Army; Austin Crisafi – Army; Adam Turner – Marine Corps; Audrey Swearingen – National Guard; Liam Smith – Army ROTC)
Seniors committing to military careers and Loveland veterans honored in ceremony
Loveland, Ohio– Loveland High School (LHS) saluted 12 graduating seniors who have committed to join the military after graduation with the first ever Armed Forces Signing Day Tuesday, May 1, at the LHS Gymnasium. Additionally, veterans from the community and school staff who have served were invited to participate in the ceremony and were recognized for their service.
“It was important for us to invite our veterans to be a part of this ceremony as a way to honor their service to our country,” said LHS Principal Peggy Johnson. “We are so proud of these students who have committed their futures to protect the freedoms we all enjoy; we wish them all the best on this next chapter in their lives.”
The students participating in the ceremony were recognized for entering the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, National Guard, Navy and ROTC. Those students include:
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Steven with his father Tom during a recent visit to D.C.
by Sergeant Steven T. Kern,
Tom Kern, Steven’s father, says, “Just in case anyone wants to write something to our Troops you can mail them to me here at Pratt 4700 Duke Drive suite 140 Mason Ohio 45040 and I will get them sent out. They must be here by October 24th. The more the merrier!!! Thanks to all.
“I found comfort in knowing that I had a support system that was unrivaled.”
During my 15 years in the Marine Corps I have been deployed to Iraq on four separate occasions cumulating a total of roughly 34 months in theater. Although being away from family and friends was extremely difficult, I found comfort in knowing that I had a support system that was unrivaled. The numerous care packages, letters, pictures, and videos that I received made what seemed to be the hardest times of my life, feasible. There were many times we, as a company, would receive letters and drawings from children in schools from all over the country and this was a great blessing. The Marines that I served with found a certain place of happiness when they received these letters and even if for a brief moment, made us feel as if we were home. Very few things, while in Iraq, brought smiles to our faces.
“Very few things, while in Iraq, brought smiles to our faces.“
Amongst some of those things were chow, sleep, water, packages and letters. These few things are what we took for granted while back home and soon came to realize that it’s the small things that made us happy. Getting a package of beef jerky, or a handful of letters in the mail made us the happiest Marines in Iraq!
On my first deployment to Iraq (Jan 03- Oct 03) the mailing system was almost nonexistent. If I recall correctly, a letter that I sent home would take about 3 weeks and the letters from home would take 4-5 weeks. It was funny at the time because I would send 5 or 6 letters home and by the time I received one, I had forgotten what their letter was in response to! Never the less, it was always something special when I received letters. The holidays were always the worst best times of being on deployment.
“Nobody wants to be away from family during the holidays.”
Probably doesn’t make sense, but let me explain… Nobody wants to be away from family during the holidays, especially not in Iraq, hence WORST time on deployment. Through those holidays a special bond was formed that could not be broken. Brothers and Sisters in uniform coming from all walks of life, coming together and experiencing each other’s misery and somehow finding a way to make the best of it was something special. Hence, BEST times on deployment. One thing that made us so close during the hard times, was getting letters. We would get a ton of letters from children and we would split them up amongst all the Marines. Marines would read mine, I would read theirs and again, we felt as though we were almost home for the holidays.
I can’t express in words, the gratitude that we as Marines had for those letters being sent. It truly made a very tough and rugged situation into something that we just knew we would pull through.
Semper Fidelis
Kern is Gunnery Sergeant (MCIWEST-MCB CAMPEN Headquarters and Support Battalion Bravo Company G-4 Operations Chief) and grew up in Loveland, Ohio.
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Loveland, Ohio – Alex Burnett was sworn into office on Tuesday, June 11 at City Hall during the council meeting. Chief Sean Rahe introduced Burnett and Mayor Kathy Bailey administered the oath.
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