With so many outstanding accomplishments in metro Atlanta, it hasn’t been easy to get them all into print. So the Community News team decided to dedicate an entire page this holiday season to bragging a little. Enjoy!
Interior Communications Electrician Seaman Kevin Gill of Atlanta is serving aboard the USS Ronald Reagan.
Operations Specialist 1st Class Julius Perry of Buckhead is part of the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group and operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.
Petty Officer 2nd Class William Upchurch of Marietta is a fire controlman aboard the USS Oscar Austin.
Ensign Chelsea Heard of Decatur is an operations intelligence divisions officer aboard the USS Oscar Austin.
Seaman Zahra Barabino of Atlanta is serving aboard USS Ross.
Ensign Bryan Karg of Norcross is a combat electronics division officer aboard USS Arlington.
Airman Shalida Dixon of Atlanta is serving aboard USS John C. Stennis.
Cadet Sally Varner of Norcross completed Cadet Basic Training at the U.S. Military Academy.
Lt. Larry Person of Riverdale is serving aboard USS Mason.
Ship's Serviceman Seaman Walter Porter of Lithonia is serving aboard USS Somerset.
Petty Officer 2nd Class Marcel Knight of Atlanta is a fire controlman aboard USS John Paul Jones.
Operations Specialist 3rd Class Jazmine Jones of Atlanta is serving aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Seaman Maurice Couch of Atlanta is serving aboard USS Ronald Reagan.
Seaman Parker Travis of Snellville is serving aboard the USS Bataan.
Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Johnson of Atlanta is serving aboard USS Spruance.
Petty Officer 2nd Class Nicholas Otazo of Lilburn was honored at the Armed Services YMCA annual 'Angels of the Battlefield' for his unselfish bravery and devotion while performing his duties without regard to his own safety.
Seaman Levi Turner of Atlanta is serving as an aviation ordnanceman aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Petty Officer 2nd Class Ogbonna Egwu of Atlanta is a logistics specialist serving aboard USS Sampson.
Eric Greenspan and Lindsey Starr of Atlanta, Travis Taylor of Newnan and Hunter Haley of Woodstock participated in Air Force ROTC during the Fall 2016 semester at Troy University.
Nathan Patterson of Acworth, Minwoo Lee of Buford, Alexandra Bennett and Kyle Kampovsky of Canton, Walter Turner of Carrollton, Joshua Hill, William Putt and Jonathan Van Wyk of Cumming, Joshua Dyar of Douglasville, Marlena Schmidt of Kennesaw, Darby Seibel of Kingston, Daniel Parker of Marietta, Daniel Derzhay of Roswell, Austin Stewart of Winder and Dillion Heard and Nicholas Wood of Woodstock were ranked in the top 20 percent of ROTC cadets in the nation by the U.S. Army Cadet Command which earns them the designation of Distinguished Military Graduate.
Seaman John Coleman of Atlanta is serving at Pearl Harbor and is responsible for parts, budgets and finances aboard a submarine.
Petty Officer 2nd Class Nicholas Allen of Atlanta is serving in Pearl Harbor.
Petty Officer 2nd Class Elijah Abrams of Marietta is serving at Naval Construction Battalion Center, Gulfport.
Seaman Dennis Brown of Atlanta is serving in Pearl Harbor.
Russell "Rusty" Gore of Atlanta delivered the keynote address at Woodward Academy's annual Veterans Day ceremony in College Park.
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