Military digest 7/18/05

Ditto graduates from Air Force basic training

Air Force Airman Tony W. Ditto has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. Ditto is the son of Judy Gregory of East Prairie, Mo., and Wayne Ditto of Benton, Mo. He is a 1998 graduate of East Prairie High School.

Airman Parham deployed to southwest Asia

Air Force Airman 1st Class Marquita F. Parham has deployed to the U.S. Central Command Air Forces Combined Air Operations Center in southwest Asia to support the missions of Operations Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom and Horn of Africa. Parham is a traffic management journeyman with two years of military service. She is the daughter of Cyd C. Parham and Roger Robinson of Charleston, Mo. Parham is a 2002 graduate of Charleston High School.

-- From staff reports