Lt. Cmdr. Malachy D. Sandie

received a master’s of arts degree in national security and strategic studies from the College of Naval Command and Staff at the Naval War College in Newport, R.I. The son of William G. and Celine Sandie of Los Altos, he graduated from St. Francis High School in 1986 and received a bachelor’s degree from the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., in 1990.

Army Maj. Brian M. Kane

has deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom II.

During Operation Iraqi Freedom II, U.S. armed forces members and coalition forces’ operational mission objectives are focused on peacekeeping, stabilization, security and counter-insurgency operations as the Iraqi Governing Council assumes full sovereign powers to govern the peoples of Iraq.

Kane, an assistant chief of staff, is the son of Judy Kane of Winter Park, Fla. His wife, Heidi, is the daughter of Rainer Schulz of Cuesta Drive, Los Altos, and Maureen Schulz of Fremont. The major is a 1986 graduate of the University of Florida, Gainesville.