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  • Clarinetist on security duty

    07/24/2006 12:12:57 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 4 replies · 411+ views
    Valley Press on . ^ | Monday, July 24, 2006 | ALLISON GATLIN
    Marine Corps Cpl. Stephanie Fontilara carries a machine gun as she works security patrol at Al Asad Airbase in Iraq. But in her other military duties, she carries something far less lethal - a clarinet. The 2004 Palmdale High School graduate is a member of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing Band. Fontilara follows in the footsteps of her grandfather, a Marine staff sergeant. "I just thought it would be kind of cool to do something different than my friends, who were going to college," the 20-year-old said in a phone interview from Iraq. Her recruiter saw her perform and asked...