In Service: Michael Miranda

Age: 29

Rank: Chief warrant officer 2

Branch of service: Army

Hometown: Modesto

High school: Modesto High, Class of 1998

Specialty: Chinook helicopter pilot

Currently serving in: Bagram, Afghanistan

Family: Wife, Aenoy, and children, Jacob and Dominic of Modesto; mother, Rose Miranda of Turlock

Of note: Miranda is on his second deployment to Afghanistan and is serving with the B Company, 1-126th of Stockton. His previous deployment was in 2003, when he served as a Blackhawk helicopter mechanic with the 126th Medical Company Air Ambulance of Mather Field.