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Military
St. Petersburg Sailor Re-Enlists Sailor From Philippines
1ST CLASS PAUL QUITO AND CHIEF LAUREST DANIELS
Airman Completes Basic Military Training
Boatswain’s Mate (Equip- ment) Laurest Daniels (right), of St. Petersburg, dur- ing his re-enlistment cere- mony. (U. S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Gitte Schirrmacher).
StageWorks Presents: African American Greats Tour
Monday, February 05, 2018 6:30 P. M. - 8 P. M. Robert W. Saunders, Sr. -
Ada T. Payne Community Room A & B
U. S. Navy Honors
NORFOLK, VA —- Electri- cian’s Mate 1st Class Paul Quito (left), of Quezon City, Philippines, is currently as- signed to USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78). He recently received his certificate of re-enlistment from Chief Aviation
Library News
Contributions Of
A young adult with ties to the Tampa Bay Area has com- pleted basic military training in U. S. Air Force, Airman 1st Class Brad M. Williams. He participated in his graduation ceremony at the Joint Base San Antonio- Lackland, San Antonio, Texas.
Airman 1st Class Williams completed an in- tensive, eight-week program that included training in mil- itary discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physi- cal fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. He also earned four credits toward an
AIRMAN 1ST CLASS BRAD WILLIAMS
associate in applied science degree through the Commu- nity College of the Air Force.
Airman 1st Class Williams is the son of Glenda Williams, of Tampa, and Bernard Cherry, of Whiteville, NC, and grandson of Jereline Best, of Lumberton, NC. He is also the nephew of Davis and Tanya Moon, of Fort Walden Beach, FL. Other rel- atives in Lumberton, NC in- clude his cousin, Miranda Streeter, and brothers Bre Cherry and Benjamin Cherry.
Airman 1st Class Williams graduated from Whiteville High School, in Whiteville, NC, in 2017.
African Americans
This program features two professional actors who will per- form monologues as five notables of African American History: Mary McLeod Bethune, Dr. Charles Drew, Madam C. J. Walker, Jackie Robinson and Rosa Parks. These exceptional individuals struggled to overcome prejudice and racial barriers to excel in their chosen fields: edu- cation (McLeod Bethune), sci- ence and research (Drew), business and philanthropy (Walker), and sports (Robin-
son), as well as using their talents to break color barriers and ad- vance civil rights (Parks).
After the program, there will be a “talk back” during which the audience will have an opportunity to ask questions and share their reactions with the actors. This program is free to the public.
The program is presented in partnership with StageWorks and their sponsor Wells-Fargo Bank. Refreshments provided by Tampa Metropolitan Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
WASHINGTON -- The Navy joins the nation in cele- brating the history of African American Sailors and civil- ians during African American Black History Month.
This year’s theme is
“African Americans in Times of War,” which rec- ognizes the contributions African Americans have made to the nation during times of war from the Revolutionary War to present-day conflicts.
This month’s observance has its origins in 1915 when historian and author Dr. Carter G. Woodson founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History. Dr. Woodson and the association initiated the first Negro History Week in February 1926. Every U. S. President has officially desig- nated the month of February as National African Ameri- can/Black History Month since 1976.
“We should celebrate our unique backgrounds because each Sailor brings something different to the fight and this makes us a stronger, more lethal team,” Rear Adm. John Fuller, Commander of the Carl Vinson Strike Group and one of Navy’s African American flag officers said.
The strike group is cur- rently deployed to the West- ern Pacific.
African American sailors
Sailors and a Marine perform a step dance during the African American and Black History Month celebration aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8). The ship is deployed in the U. S. 5th Fleet area of opera- tions in support of maritime security operations designed to reassure allies and partners, and preserve the freedom of navigation and the free flow of commerce in the region. (U. S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Devin M. Langer).
and civilians play an integral role in the success of the Navy as part of the One Navy Team. African Americans serve in every rank from seaman to admiral and perform duties in nearly every rating in the Navy.
Currently, African Ameri- cans make up 17 percent of all Navy personnel. There are currently 45,000 men and 18,000 women serving in the U. S. Navy.
“Those serving today owe our success to the veterans who transformed our Navy into a more diverse force,”
Commander Fuller said. The Navy supports minor- ity youth development and encourages the pursuit of ca- reers in science and industry through science, technology, engineering and math
(STEM) programs.
The Navy also partners
with organizations including the National Naval Officers Association, the National So- ciety of Black Engineers, and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) in support of African American service members and civil- ians.
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