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Show J mJ) p i -7 I C Vl i : ' , " :...:,.- ''. ' ' ' ,. '! . . . . ; . I I'WTHKK AM) SON. Maj. Robert H. Moss of Cedar City administers oath to son Kenneth. Both are members of the 19th Special Forces Group of the Utah National Guard. Father and Son team up in National Guard Team, and is presently on the Varsity Wrestling Team. Kenneth will leave as soon as school is out for 54 weeks of active duty training. He will have eight weeks of basic infantry training, three weeks of airborne training, three weeks of special forces training, and 40 weeks of medical training. Ken feels that the medical training will be a big help towards his goal of becoming a medical doctor. As a Father and son teams are not a rarity in the Utah National Guard. However, it was somewhat of a first when Chaplain (Maj) Robert H. Moss of Cedar City recently had the privilege of swearing in his son Kenneth as a trooper in the 19th Special Forces Group (Air-bonre). (Air-bonre). Kenneth is a senior at Cedar High School. He is involved in-volved there in the Leo Club, ran on the Varsity Cross Country member of a special forces unit, Ken will receive training in parachuting, mountain climbing, repelling, amphibious operations, desert operations, and basic survival. Ken comes from a National Guard oriented family. His father, Chaplain Robert Moss, has been in the National Guard for over 20 years. His grandfather, grand-father, Clarence Moss of Santa Clara, was in the National Guard when activated for duty in World War II. Three of Ken's uncles, Erwin, David, and Michael, have also served in the Utah National Guard. The 19th Special Forces Group (Airbonrne) is headquartered in Salt Lake City. It has subordinate subor-dinate units in Utah, Montana, Colorado, West Virginia, and New York. |