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Air Force Master Sgt. Willie J. Thomas has retired from the U.S. Air Force after 20 years of service.
Prior to his retirement, Thomas served as a maintenance flight chief with the 27th Special Operations Wing, Cannon Air Force Base, in Clovis, N.M.
He is the son of Willie C. Thomas of Gainesville.



Tonia Littlejohn recently was promoted to the rank of sergeant major. She is a 1988 graduate of Gainesville High School and is the daughter of Dyane Littlejohn of Gainesville and Leroy Littlejohn of Greenville, SC.
She will report this month to Camp Red Cloud in Korea. Littlejohn has served in the Army for 21 years.