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Show Petty receives captain award Frank S. Petty, son of Frank J. and Wilma Petty has been promoted to the rank of Captain in the U.S. Army. Petty is a 1978 graduate of Brigham Young University, where he received a commission in the Transportation Corps. He attended Flight School at Ft. Rucker, Ala. and the Maintenance Test Pilot Course at Ft. Eustis, Va. He has served as an aircraft maintenance officer and company executive officer, as well as a pilot in the UH-1 and OH-58 helicopters. On Sept. 4 at a ceremony at Ft. Lewis, Wash., Petty took command of the headquarters and headquarters company, Ninth Aviation Battalion. In August, Petty completed a masters degree in business administration ad-ministration with a 3.9 GPA from the University ' of Puget Sound. Tacoma, Wash. |