News of our Armed Forces: Grant Haxton commissioned 2nd lieutenant
Grant Haxton was commissioned Jan. 31 as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army during a ceremony held at Fort Benning in Georgia.
Haxton, the son of Lori Moody and David Haxton of La Cañada Flintridge, is a 2015 graduate of a La Cañada High School where he was a member of its water polo and swim teams. As a member of Boy Scout Troop 509 at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for several years, he achieved the rank of Eagle Scout in 2014.
Following high school, Haxton attended the University of Wisconsin - Madison, from which he graduated last spring. He then completed basic training and officer candidate school, both in Fort Benning. Assigned to military intelligence, Haxton will remain at Fort Benning until after he completes infantry officer training.
—Valley Sun staff