Bonners Ferry Native to retire from Army
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March 8, 2013 |
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Army Sergeant
First Class Trina Best with her parents,
Cathy and Tom Florea, during a visit to
Bonners Ferry last year. |
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Trina Florea
at basic training in 1992. |
Army Sergeant First Class Trina Best, a native
of Bonners Ferry and the daughter of Tom and
Cathy Florea, Bonners Ferry, will retire
following a 21-year military career in a
ceremony at 10 a.m. Thursday, March 28, at Joint
Base Myer-Henderson, Virginia.
Best enlisted in the U.S. Army on June 8, 1992,
after graduating from Bonners Ferry High School.
She underwent basic training at Fort Jackson,
South Carolina, followed by advanced individual
training as a financial specialist at Fort
Benjamin Harris, Indiana.
During the course of her career, she served at
Fort Campbell, Kentucky, Camp Casey, Korea, Fort
Bliss, Texas, Yongson, Korea, Wiesbaden,
Germany, Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and at
the Pentagon in Washington, DC.
She was deployed to serve at Camp Monteith,
Kosovo, and at Ali Al Salem, Kuwait and Qatar.
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Sergeant
First Class Trina Best |
She was awarded the Army Meritorious Service
Medal twice, the Army Commendation Medal three
times, the Army Achievement Medal three times,
the Army Good Conduct Medal seven times, the
National Defense Service Medal with bronze star,
the Korean Defense Service Medal, the Kosovo
Campaign Medal with bronze star, the Global War
on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, the Global War
on Terrorism Service Medal and several
professional development ribbons.
While serving in Germany, she won the German
Schutzenschnur, Gold, which is the German Armed
Forces badge of marksmanship.
Following her retirement, Best is on track to
graduate from the University of Maryland with
her bachelor's degree, with a major in business
administration and a minor in marketing. |
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