NEIGHBORS

Fountain Valley resident Giovanni L. Mencini completed the Motor

Vehicle Operator course at Marine Corps Detachment at Fort Leonard Wood,

Mo. He spent more than 1,800 hours of classroom instruction and practical

application learning how to drive designated courses on and off the road.

He is a 1998 graduate of Los Amigos High School in Fountain Valley . . .

Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael L. Lloyd of Huntington Beach

completed the Navy Nuclear Power Training Unit course at Naval Nuclear

Power Training Unit in Ballston Spa, N.Y. He received instructions in

nuclear theory, chemistry, physics and reactor operations. He is the son

of Jan and Rick Lloyd of Huntington Beach . . . Army Pfc. Crystal L.

Jugas of Huntington Beach participated in the joint training and

readiness exercise Phantom Lifeline 2000 based at Fort Hood in Killeen,

Texas. Phantom Lifeline is a full-scale, multi-echelon deployment that

combined Army, Marine Corps and Air Force units to complete the mission.

She is the daughter of Franklin P. Jugas of Huntington Beach