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Daily Newspaper and Travel Guide
for Pecos Country of West Texas
Lifestyle
Friday, July 16, 1999
Smiths tell of new daughter
Donny and Heather Smith, of Pecos, announce the birth of their daughter,
Sarah Elizabeth Smith.
Sarah was born Wednesday, July 14, at 8:05 a.m., at Medical Center Hospital
in Odessa. She weighed seven pounds, 15 ounces and was 19-1/2 inches long.
Sarah is the granddaughter of Bernie and Jean McNeal of Antigonish,
Nova Scotia, Canada and MacRitchie and Reta Smith of Country Harbor, Nova
Scotia, Canada.
Villescas part of Marine Support Squadron
.Chief Warrant Officer Mario G. Villescas, of Pecos, is currently a member
of the United States Marine Corps with Marine Wing Support Sqaudron-374.
The squadron recently scored excellent on the Marine Corps Administrative
Analysis Team inspection.
MWSS-374 scored a 99.51 out of a possible 100 points during the MCAAT
inspection, giving them one of the highest personnel office scores in the
I-Marine Expeditionary Force.
The MCAAT is a formal analysis of the personnel administration and pay-related
procedures of every administration installation in the Marine Corps, acording
to Villescas.
Inspections take place throughout the fleet every three years to ensure
all installations are mission capable.
"A passing mission capable score is 90 percent," said Villescas. "The
goal for each unit is 96 percent, and ver few units exceed this goal,"
he said.
Chief Warrant Officer Mario G. Villescas was born in Pecos, July 25,
1966. He attend public schools in Pecos and graduated from Pecos High School
in 1984. He is the son of Julia and Tilo Villescas of Pecos.
Officer Villescas enlisted in the Marine Corps during his senior year
of high school and went to recruit training during the summer of 1984.
After boot camp, he received training in Personnel and Administration.
Throughout his career, he has held various billets in personnel, administration,
operations, and military justice legal administration. He has also completed
all formal training in Personnel Administration and Military Justice and
has also completed several Military Leadership Academies.
In 1996, while serving as a Staff Sergeant and 12 years in the enlisted
ranks, he was selected for Warrant Officer, a distinguished "technical
expert" officer grade in the Marine Corps. He attended his professional
schools during 1997 and was then commissioned as a Chief Warrant Officer-2
in 1998. He is currently serving as the Personnel and Legal Officer for
Marine Wing Support Squadron 374 in Twentynine Palms, California.
During his career, he has been assigned to the 1st Marine Division in
Twentynine Palms, California, Recruiting duty in Phoenix, Arizona, a Joint
assignment in Coronado, California, overseas duty in Okinawa, Japan, a
School Staff billet in Twentynine Palms, California, and presently serving
with the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat
Center in Twenty-nine Palms, Calif.
Chief Warrant Officer Villescas is married to the former Cynthia Flores,
daughter of Chavelo and Beva Flores, of Pecos.
Pecos Enterprise
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