Thanks to the Navy Office of Community Outreach for sending us stories about some of our amazing hometown heroes.
This organization travels the globe to collect Sailors’ stories and distribute them to their hometown and we are so happy to share them.
Read the stories and see the photos below.
"A 2003 Mt. Miguel High School graduate and San Diego native is part of the Navy’s finest aviation fighter training facility in the world.
Petty Officer 1st Class John Gray is an air traffic controller working with the NAS Fallon Base Operations Air Traffic Control stationed aboard Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada."
Read more about this hero from San Diego here.
"Cmdr. Eric Doyle (left), Flight Leader for the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, presents Aviation Maintenance Administrationman 1st Class (AW/SW/IW) Kenya Holt Jr., from San Diego, with their crest during a Blue Angels cresting ceremony at Naval Air Facility El Centro, California. After several weeks of training in squadron history, procedures, teamwork and traditions, they earned their Blue Angels crests."
"180219-N-WF272-079 GULF OF THAILAND (Feb. 19, 2018) Naval Aircrewman (Helicopter) 1st Class Nathaniel Edwards, from San Diego, mans a .50-caliber machine gun in an MH-60S Sea Hawk, assigned to the “Sea Knights” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 22, currently attached to the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), during a live fire exercise. Bonhomme Richard is participating in Exercise Cobra Gold 2018 alongside Royal Thai Navy ships and personnel, conducting a range of amphibious operations that will enhance the tactical expertise of participants and rehearse combined capabilities to respond to contingencies. Cobra Gold is an annual exercise conducted in the Kingdom of Thailand, held this year from Feb. 13-23 with seven full participating nations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Diana Quinlan)"