Military news 11/21/02

Wood begins advanced training course

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Army Pvt. Christopher T. Wood has arrived at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Ala., to complete a radar repairer advanced individual training course.

Wood will learn to perform direct and general support level maintenance on ground based sensor and firefinder radar electronic assemblies and associated equipment.

He will also be taught how to troubleshoot, repair, remove, replace, inspect and test radar systems, component parts, assemblies, sub-assemblies, modular and circuit elements, and related test equipment.

Wood is the son of Gary L. Wood and Robbin Crowden, both of Chaffee, Mo. He is a 2002 graduate of Chaffee High School.

-- From staff reports