Military digest 12/1/03

Private finishes basic training at Fort Knox

Pfc. Travis C. Johnston graduated from Fort Knox, Ky., basic training on Nov. 19. Johnston is the son of Henry T. and Kay Johnston of Jackson and husband of Mika Johnston of Morley, Mo.

He will be stationed at Fort Riley, Kan.

Petty officer wins achievement medal

Navy Chief Petty Officer Todd A. Buchheit, son of Mary Jane Buchheit of Old Appleton, Mo., and Clarence J. Buchheit of Perryville, Mo., recently received his second Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal while assigned to Patrol Squadron Eight at Naval Air Station in Brunswick, Maine.As flight engineer, Buchheit enabled his command to provide time-critical intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance information to coalition special operations forces during more than 90 overland missions and 1,000 flight hours in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Buchheit, a 1982 graduate of Oak Ridge High School, joined the Navy in July 1982.

-- From staff reports