Air Force Airman Anthony D. Garcia...

Air Force Airman Anthony D. Garcia has graduated from basic

military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Tex.

Garcia was trained in rifle marksmanship, field training exercises

and received special training in human relations. Garcia is the son

of Connie Reza of Huntington Beach ... Navy Airman Recruit Brian A.

Hansen, son of Huntington Beach resident John M. Hansen, recently

conducted a missile exercise while on board the U.S. aircraft carrier

George Washington. Launching from Hansen’s ship, aircrafts from

Carrier Air Wing 7 fired 17 live missiles onto a range over the

Arabian Sea in two separate waves. Hansen is one of more than 7,600

sailors and Marines aboard the ships of the George Washington Carrier

Strike Group ... Timothy Hoffmann of Huntington Beach has been

recognized by the Rotary Club of Santa Ana as March student of the

month at Mater Dei High School. Tim maintains a 3.65 grade-point

average and is a fixture on the Mater Dei honor roll. He is a member

of the National Honor Society, California Scholarship Federation and

Renaissance and also a two-year Associated Student Body daily

activities commissioner. ... Huntington Surf and Sport, owned by

Aaron Pai, received a nomination for the Surf Industry Manufacturer

Assn. Retailer of the Year. The award is given to the specialty surf

retailer that “showed exemplary service to its customers through

staff, store and product offerings, as well as significant

involvement in and commitment to surfing in 2003.”