Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Christian Prior receives his 2020 Junior Sailor of the Year certificate from Capt. Rafael C. Facundo, commanding officer, Naval Support Activity Souda Bay, Greece, Dec. 16, 2020.
ARABIAN SEA (Nov. 12, 2020) Logistics Specialist 2nd Class Paul Vance, from Lilburn, Ga., fills out a postal directory form in the post office aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114).
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii – A 2005 Shiloh High School graduate, 2009 Columbus State University graduate and 2017 Purdue University graduate with master degrees in public health education and native of Snellville, Georgia, is serving at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility as part of the largest mobilization of reservists in Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) history. The mobilization is tied directly to the COVID-19 pandemic.
PHILIPPINE SEA – Aviation Structural Mechanic 2nd Class Jason Deaton, from Flowery Branch, Georgia, performs maintenance on a F/A-18E/F drag brace in the aviation hydraulic shop of the Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76).
Former Petty Officer 2nd Class Stefan Hart, a native of Snellville, Georgia, joined the Navy to follow friends into the military.
As citizens of Flowery Branch go about their daily lives, members of the U.S. Navy’s “Silent Service” work beneath the ocean’s waves, continuing a tradition that only a small fraction of military members will ever know: strategic deterrence.
A 2006 Collins Hill High School graduate and Lawrenceville, Georgia, native currently serves aboard one of the U.S. Navy’s most valuable and capable warships, one that can carry 5,000 Sailors and more than 70 warplanes anywhere in the world to defend America.
PACIFIC OCEAN – Machinist Mate 2nd Class Rachel Toole (middle), from Lawrenceville, Georgia, is selected as the Sailor of the Day aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74).
NORFOLK – A 2006 Grayson High School graduate and Loganville, Georgia, native is serving in the U.S. Navy with Assault Craft Unit FOUR (ACU 4), one of the Navy’s most advanced amphibious warfare units.
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