Orange Coast College student Chase Wiles...

Orange Coast College student Chase Wiles embarked Jan. 16 on the

ship Universe Explorer from the port of Nassau, Bahamas as a

participant in the Semester at Sea program. The around-the-world

voyage, administered by the Institute for Shipboard Education, is

scheduled to stop in Cuba, Brazil, South Africa, Tanzania, India,

Vietnam, Hong Kong, South Korea and Japan before arriving at Seattle

on Apr. 26 ... John E. Perrine of Costa Mesa became a financial

advisor at the Laguna Hills office of Merrill Lynch. Perrine is

married with four children and runs the Newport Harbor High boys’

basketball boosters program ... Coast Guard Seaman Apprentice Russell

J. Cliff, son of JoAnn Song and Giang Le of Costa Mesa, graduated

from the U.S. Coast Guard Recruit Training Center in Cape May, N.J.

Cliff spent eight weeks learning classroom academics and practical

instruction on water safety and survival, military customs and

courtesies, seamanship skills, first aid, firefighting and

marksmanship ... Army National Guard Pvt. Derek A. Ralph graduated

from One Station Unit Training at the U.S. Army Infantry School at

Fort Benning in Columbus, Ga. Ralph was trained in drill and

ceremonies, military customs and courtesies, map reading, tactics,

basic rifle marksmanship, physical fitness, field training and first

aid ... Navy Firefighter Thomas A. Dickinson, son of Norma Montana of

Wooster, Ohio and Dan A. Dickinson of Newport Beach, along with his

fellow crew members aboard the aircraft carrier Enterprise, which is

based out of in Norfolk, Va., helped launch the ship’s first

precision-guided munitions attack since the start of the new year ...

Tyler Philip Caffey of Costa Mesa graduated with a bachelor’s in

business administration from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

* NEIGHBORS spotlights achievements in the community. Please

direct noteworthy information to Luis Pena by fax at (949) 646-4170,

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