The uninjured colleague told Evans that Foster came up to him and said: How can I help? Shortly after, Army medical evacuation helicopters arrived, and the former Marine sniper died en route to a military hospital, along with fellow security guards Thomas Carter, 49, of Portland, Ore. The two taught counterterrorist techniques to Navy sailors -- real-life rewrites of the movie "Under Siege" -- often working aboard decommissioned Navy vessels at Bremerton's mothball fleet. Foster's know-how came from a four-year stint in elite military sniper training in the Marine Corps.
He grew up in Sebastopol, Calif. He was trained as a sniper, and served short stints in Somalia and the Persian Gulf before yielding to the wishes of his mother and stepfather, Susan Foster and Sandy Ress, and left the service to enter college. But the academic life wasn't a good match, and Foster left the University of Nevada-Reno to pursue a private-security career.
Pragmatism, rather than politics, was also at the core of Foster's motivations for being in Iraq.
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Friends at his memorial service spoke of how Foster relentlessly made calls, trying to find jobs for him and his Port Orchard pals. Evans was among those whom Foster convinced to leave Blackwater and join Cochise last December. He was found by the Bureau of Statistics to be, One against whom there was no official complaint The Unknown Citizen By W. Justin Hebert of Silvana, Wash. A large explosion and machine gun fire rocked Baghdad's Green Zone on Saturday, creating the column of smoke.
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The explosion occurred at about 9: Sun graphic As the sun tickles the top of Christopher Bunda's shiny, new headstone, two small American flags placed at his grave flail in the light breeze. Fresh flowers provide color to the bronze memorial that tells us the Army staff sergeant Above, Navy Petty Officer Anthony Slamin, whose reserve unit is based in Everett, is camouflaged as a sniper with his M rifle trained on a convoy.
On the end of the barrel is a laser which shoots a beam out to activate sensors Peak to Peak's elementary and middle schools have each been the recipient of four John Irwin School of Excellence Awards, and the high school has received a John Irwin Award each of the five years it has been eligible.
The awards are presented to the top eight percent of Colorado schools. Elementary, middle, and high schools were once again ranked "Excellent," which is the top rating based on Colorado statewide CSAP testing. Peak to Peak's junior class of received an average composite score of This was again the highest score in the district and the third highest in Colorado.
Ten Peak to Peak seniors were named National Merit Semi-Finalists, and eight additional students were recognized as commended. While Peak to Peak made up 4. The NCA has awarded the college prep accreditation to private schools in its region, while only 23 public schools have received this designation.
Graduates Granted Scholarship Money: With only 94 graduating seniors, Peak to Peak students were accepted into five of the Ivy League Universities. Peak to Peak seniors had their choice of colleges, with nearly three and one-half college acceptances per student. High Number of Advanced Placement Tests: With 94 seniors, Advanced Placement AP tests were taken during the school year.
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Boulder Valley Regional Science Fair: Peak to Peak students earned nine first place awards, eight second place awards, and eight additional students received third place awards in the Boulder Valley Regional Science Fair competition. At the regional fair, two high school projects and one middle school project were able to progress to the Colorado State Science and Engineering Fair and, additionally, one of the high school projects was nominated to go to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair and the eighth grade student was nominated to go as a representative observer to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair from the school district expenses paid for by the district.
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The middle school project won second place, junior division, in the Computer Sciences Category and a special award. ISEF is the world's premier international pre-college science and engineering competition where students from 47 countries 1, projects other than the United States compete.
National Geographic Bee Competitor: After winning the Peak to Peak Geography Bee, a seventh grade student finished fifth at the Colorado Geographic Bee, competing against 99 other semi-finalists.
Twenty-seven Peak to Peak seniors were recognized as Peak Scholars; 19 of these seniors received the school's highest award as Peak Scholars with Distinction an average of three or higher on at least five AP exams, at least a 3. Two elementary teams competing in the regional Destination Imagination competition won awards for their entries in the "DI've Got a Secret! The Peak to Peak Elementary School chess team won second place in the eastern division, qualifying them to compete in the league finals where they placed fourth.
Speech and Debate Championships: The Peak to Peak high school forensics program has risen to incredible competitive success, culminating in four state championship titles at this year's festival tournament. Out of 22 schools from around the state of Colorado and hundreds of competitors, Peak to Peak claimed 25 awards, with 16 out of 25 students making the final rounds of their events and taking the top award in four of the nine events entered.
This award is given to the school with the most rounds of competition out of its top 15 competitors. National Ocean Science Bowl Competition: The Peak to Peak mock trial team completed a top ten finish at the Colorado competition in March after winning the district competition.
They competed against schools from all over northern Colorado and southern Wyoming.
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Five Peak to Peak Middle School teams competed, with three "A" teams making the top seeds for the afternoon elimination rounds. Rocky Mountain Talent Search: Two Peak to Peak ninth grade students finished among the top ten percent of participants in the Rocky Mountain Academic Talent Search and were awarded "Highest Honors" certificates. A seventh grader also participated and was awarded a "Highest Honors" certificate.
In addition, a ninth grader and a sixth grader were both awarded "Honors" certificates from the Rocky Mountain Talent Search. He finished 18th out of middle-school participants. This is the fourth year in a row that Peak to Peak has had a team or individual advance to the state level competition. Artwork Chosen for City Displays: Thirteen Peak to Peak artists had work chosen by the city of Lafayette for citywide art displays.