Military news

Brett G. Johnson has retired from the U.S. Air Force after 22 years of service. He was stationed in Japan along with his wife, Dina, and their children, Janise and Jaime. Johnson will be the assistant chief of operations at a naval base in St. Marys, Ga. He is the son of Robert and Fran Johnson, Lawrence, and Maylene Duncan, Billings, Mont., and the grandson of Vivian Johnson.

¢ The U.S.S. Columbus Veterans Association (CA-74/CG-12/SSN-762) invites Navy and Marine Corps shipmates to a reunion set for Sept. 26-29 in Ontario, Calif. Contact Allen R. Hope, 3828 Hobson Road, Fort Wayne, IN 46815-4505, hope4391@comcast.net or (260) 486-2221.

¢ The U.S.S. Mount McKinley Association will conduct a reunion Sept. 12-16 in Buffalo, N.Y., for veterans of all branches of the military that served on the amphibious force flagship (AGC/LCC-7). Contact Lee Temanson, 10749 108th Ave. North, Maple Grove, MN 55369-2609, lateman@comcast.net or (703) 425-6315.