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Airman Completes Basic Military Training
Sailor Assigned To
TAMPAN PROMOTED TO SENIOR AIRMAN
SENIOR AIRMAN ARYUNA MILLER
Airman 1st Class Aryuna Miller was pro- moted on Wednesday, June 27, 2018, to Sen- ior Airman.
She is stationed at Beale Air Force Base in California as an Engi- neering Assistant.
Senior Airman Miller is preparing for a 6-month deployment to Kuwait.
An airman with the U. S. Air Force recently completed all requirements and gradu- ated from basic military train- ing. Airman Angelica M. Bermudez participated in her graduation ceremony, which was held at the Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, in San Antonio, Texas.
Airman Bermudez
completed an intensive, eight-week program that in- cluded training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.
She also earned four cred- its toward an Associate in Ap- plied Science Degree through the Community College of the Air Force.
Airman Bermudez is
Disposal Mobile Unit
AIRMAN ANGELICA M. BERMUDEZ
the daughter of Rosemarie Bermudez, of Land O’Lakes, Fla., and wife of A.J. L. Gallo, of Tampa.
She is a 2010 graduate of Alonso High School.
Explosive Ordnance Dis- posal 3rd Class Devin Ro- driguez, of Tampa, is currently assigned to the Ex- plosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 5. He is shown placing line around a mortar during a training ex- ercise.
EODMU-5 is assigned to Commander, Task Force 75, the primary expeditionary task force responsible for the planning and execution of coastal riverine operations, explosive ordnance disposal, diving engineering and con- struction, and underwater construction in the U. S. 7th Fleet area of operations.
3rd CLASS DEVIN RO- DRIGUEZ (Photo by Mass Communication Specialist
Explosive Ordinance
3rd Class Richards).
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Clearwater Native
Tampa Native Assigned To Aircraft Carrier
Seaman Thodric Michael, of Tampa, and Airman Jaiden Salem are shown on board the USS Harry S. Truman Aircraft Carrier. (Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Thomas Gooley).
Serves Aboard Largest
Naval Warfare Ship
SAN DIEGO – A Clearwa- ter native and 2005 Country- side High School graduate is serving currently in the U. S. Navy aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Is- land.
Petty Officer 2nd Class Jermell Marshall is a Fire Controlman aboard the am- phibious assault ship operat- ing out of San Diego. A Fire Controlman is responsible for maintaining the weapons sys- tems on the ship.
Petty Officer 2nd Class Marshall has military ties with family members who have previously served and is honored to carry on the fam- ily tradition.
“My father served in the Navy. Seeing how the Navy helped set him up for the rest of his life made my decision to join easy,” he said.
As a member of one of the U. S. Navy’s most relied-upon assets, Petty Officer 2nd Class Marshall and other Makin Island sailors know they are part of a legacy that will last beyond their life- times.
Makin Island, one of the Navy’s most advanced and largest amphibious ships, is designed to deliver Marines and their equipment where they are needed to support a variety of missions ranging
PETTY OFFICER 2nd CLASS JERMELL MARSHALL
from amphibious assaults to humanitarian relief efforts.
The ship, which resembles a small aircraft carrier, is longer than two football fields at 847 feet, is 106 feet wide and weighs more than 41,000 tons fully loaded. It has gas turbine engines and two vari- able speed electric motors that can push the ship through the water in excess of 20 knots. It can carry more than 12 helicopters and six fixed-wing aircraft.
More than 1,000 men and women make up the ship’s crew. An additional 1,700 Marines can be embarked. It is capable of transporting Marines and landing them where they are needed via helicopters, vertical takeoff and landing aircraft and land- ing craft.
MARSEILLE, Cryptologic Technician (Technical) Seaman Theo- dric Michael, left, of Tampa, Fla., and Airman Jaiden Salem are shown as they prepare to hoist the na- tional ensign on the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-Class
aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).
The Harry S. Truman is currently deployed as part of an ongoing rotation of U. S. forces supporting maritime security operations in inter- national waters around the globe.
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