German graduates

Brandon German graduated from the Great Lakes Naval boot camp on Aug. 6, 2010. He attended the Pea Ridge school system his entire childhood.

While in boot camp, he was promoted to the rank of E-2. He will spend the next 14 weeks in the Navy Medic School in Great Lakes Illinois then he will attend Marine training in Twenty Nine Palms, Calif. He is enlisted for five years.

He is the son of Jim German of Bella Vista and Shamere Ayen of Pea Ridge, and the grandson of Dale and Pat Ayen of Pea Ridge.

Sports, Pages 9 on 08/18/2010