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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
Emergency Medical Services association awards O'Neal Star of Life
From staff reports
Rep. Larry O’Neal recent
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Rep. Larry O’Neal, center with plaque, was honored earlier this week by the Georgia Association of Emergency
Medical Services. Several family members joined him for the honor. From left are Ken Jones, Megan Jones, Lawrence
O’Neal 111, Rep. O’Neal’s mother, Willie O’Neal; his brother, Patrick O’Neal and EMS professionals Kelly Joiner, David
Borghelli, Lee Oliver, Lee Dixon and Sean Halpin.
WR wad enters AF
Academy training
Special to the Journal
Jeffrey M. Nakayama
has entered Basic Cadet
Training at the U.S. Air
Force Academy, Colorado
Springs, Colo., in prepara
tion to enter the first aca
demic year at the academy.
The six-week, two-phased
orientation program must
be successfully completed
by the cadets prior to enter
ing their freshman year.
The training prepares men
and women to meet the rig
orous mental and physical
challenges experienced by
new cadets.
Phase one involves per
sonal in-processing, orien
tation, and training in the
fundamentals of being a
cadet.
Cadet trainees are pre
pared to adjust from civil
ian to military life and dis
ciplines, and learn proper
wear of the uniform, salut
ing policies and procedures,
drill and ceremony, march
ing, and living quarters
standards.
During phase two, cadets
train outdoors living in
tents while learning to
function in field conditions.
Cadets apply and practice
team work, cohesion and
learn to deal with physical
ly and mentally demanding
situations.
They complete the obsta
cle, confidence, assault, and
leadership reaction courses,
and participate in a rescue
mission termed Operation
Warrior.
He is the son of Joanna
Nakayama of Glenda Drive,
Bonaire and is a 2007 grad
uate of Warner Robins High
School.
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the organization, past
members of the Perry
Area Historical Society
are encouraged to attend
as well as any other inter
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A brief program on the
history of some of Perry’s
landmarks will be given by
Ellie Loudermilk, the author
of A Ramble Through Old
Perry. Proposed projects for
the organization, including
finding a way to preserve
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County EMS Director, said,
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“Representative O’Neal was
and continues to be a tre
mendous advocate for EMS
professionals. His dedication
to issues that are so vital to
EMS professionals is why our
group chose to honor him in
the best way we knew.”
The GAEMS includes
Emergency Medical
Technicians, paramedics,
EMS administrators, EMS
educators, EMS medical
directors and other associ
ates statewide.
- “GAEMS President
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“Rep. O’Neal put in the effort
to learn about the EMS com
munity and industry and is
quite familiar with the chal
lenges that our profession
faces in Georgia.
The award is named for
the EMS symbol, which is a
blue, six-pointed star with
the Rod of Asclepius in the
center. Each of the bars rep
resents one of the six func
tions of emergency medical
serves: detection, reporting,
response, on the scene care,
care in transit and transfer
to definitive care.
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