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UNDER THE C OL ORS

LOCAL OCEANSIDE RESIDENT
JOINS THE NAVY
Xavier Williams, 18, of Oceanside, Calif., took
the oath of enlistment for service in America’s
Navy at Navy Talent Acquisition Group
(NTAG) San Antonio headquarters.

Williams, a 2020 graduate of Reagan High
School in San Antonio, will attend recruit
training in March with follow-on training as
an information systems technician (IT). “I
joined the Navy to continue my family’s legacy
of service and to protect my country,” said
Williams. The oath was administered by his
mother, Lt. Cmdr. Tsion Williams, of Fresno,
Calif., department head, “C” School Programs
assigned to Navy Medicine Training Support
Center. “I am excited for him and for the career
path he has chosen,” said William’s mother,
who served as a Navy corpsman. “Although his
path is different from my own, I know he will
serve honorably.”
In the Navy, information technology plays
an important role in everything from including network administration, database more than 34 Navy Recruiting Stations and
electronic mail systems, to shipboard control management and computer hardware and Navy Officer Recruiting Stations spread
systems, to special intelligence (SI) systems. software implementation. NTAG San Antonio’s throughout 144,000 square miles of Central
Navy IT specialists are enlisted Sailors who area of responsibility includes two Talent and South Texas territory. (U.S. Navy Photo by
engage in a broad range of responsibilities, Acquisition Onboarding Centers which manage Burrell Parmer, NTAG San Antonio/Released)

OPERATIONS SPECIALIST 3
RD
CLASS JAKE BACTAD
Jake is from Oceanside, Calif., establishes
communication with the foc’s’le from the bridge
wing aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile
destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) prior
to a replenishment-at-sea. McCain is assigned to
Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s
largest forward-deployed DESRON and the U.S.
7 Fleet’s principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo
th
by Mass CoWmmunication Specialist 2nd Class
Markus Castaneda)

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