Marine Pvt. 1st Class Cory J. Westeng has graduated from San Diego Marine Corps basic training and Camp Pendleton’s Marine combat training in March. He also completed military occupational school in North Carolina for helicopter/aircraft mechanics in June. He will be stationed at Kaneohi Bay Marine Base in Oahu, Hawaii.

Westeng is the son of Jim and LaJean Westeng and a 1997 graduate of Albert Lea High School.