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Chevelle Hallback “Fist Of Steel” and Tiffaney Bald- win, congratulations on your relationship. So glad you found each other. Y’all risked it all and survived.
So excited for you two, Shawonda Hallback.
Happy Birthday
LAMESHA POLITE
Happy birthday, LaMesha. We love you!
The First Family Are In Cuba For Historic Visit
3 Army Enlistees Complete Basic Infantry Training
Three young adults with ties to the Tampa Bay Area have com- pleted all requirements for the Basic Infantry Training course in the U. S. Army. They participated in their respective graduation cer- emonies at Fort Jackson, in South Carolina.
Private Keynold F. Bal- tazar, National Guard Private Charne Smith, and Specialist Ryan J. Yawgel completed the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and cer- emony, marching, rifle marksman- ship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field tactics, military courtesy, military justice system, basic first aid, foot marches, and field training exercises.
Private Baltazar is the son of Amelia P. Romero, of Tampa, and nephew of Marco Desouza, of Wesley Chapel. He graduated from Freedom High School in 2015.
Private Smith is the daugh- ter of Charles Smith and Keith Lewis, of Tampa. She graduated from Tampa Bay Technical High School in 2015.
Specialist Yawgel is a 2005 graduate of East Ridge High School, in Clermont, Florida. He earned a bachelor's degree in 2014 from the University of South Florida.
3 Enlistees Participate In NROTC Ship Selection Draft
Three enlistees in the U. S. Navy recently participated in the navy Reserve Officer Corps (NROTC) ship selection. All three are members of the U. S. Navy’s Surface Warfare Officer (SWO) community.
Midshipman Nicholas Bennett, of Tampa, Midship-
President Barack Obama and Cuban leader, Raul Castro.
The First Family visited several historical sights.
The First Family departs the plane after ar- riving in Cuba for an historic visit.
The First Family was not deterred by the weather, and took time to chat with the locals.
man Witchy Desormo, of Brandon, and Midshipman Brianna Nelson, of Valrico, were among more than 280 mid- shipmen at 70 Navy Reserve Offi- cer Training Corps (NROTC) units around the country chosen to serve as surface warfare offi- cers.
Each selecting midshipman is ranked according to his or her grade point average, aptitude scores, and physical fitness.
Each midshipman provided their preference of ship or home- port to the junior officer detailer at the Navy Personnel Command in Millington, Tennessee. If these preferences were available, they were assigned as requested.
Midshipman Bennett, a 2012 Hillsborough High School graduate, was selected to serve with Mine Countermeasure Ship (MCM) Crew Bulwark. He is ma- joring in History at the University of Washington-Seattle. Upon graduation, he will receive a com- mission as a Navy Ensign and re- port aboard MCM Crew Bulwark as a surface warfare officer.
A 2011 graduate of Tampa Bay Technical High School, Midship- man Desormo, was selected to serve aboard USS Halsey (DDG 97). He is majoring in Construc- tion Engineering Technology while attending Florida A&M Uni- versity. Upon graduation, he will receive a commission as a Navy Ensign and report aboard Halsey as a surface warfare officer.
Midshipman Nelson, who is a 2012 graduate of Tampa Bay Technical High School, was se- lected to serve aboard the USS Wasp (LHD 1). He is majoring in Health Science, Pre-Physical Therapy while attending Florida A & M University. Upon graduation, she will receive a commission as a Navy Ensign and report aboard Wasp as a surface warfare officer.
The NROTC units teach mid- shipmen the values, standards, abilities and responsibility that it takes to become Navy officers and lead this nation’s sons and daugh- ters in protecting freedom on the seven seas.
President Barack Obama is in Cuba for a his- toric three-day visit to the island and talks with its leader, Raul Castro.
He is the first sitting U. S. president to visit since the 1959 revolution, which heralded decades of hostil- ity between the two coun- tries.
Speaking at the re- opened U. S. embassy in Havana, he called the visit "historic".
Mr. Obama is meeting President Raul Castro, but not retired revolution- ary leader Fidel Castro, and the pair will discuss trade and political reform.
President Obama's
visit is the high point of a re- cent easing of ties between the U. S. and Cuba, which included the re-establish- ment of diplomatic missions last year.
Unsurprisingly, his first stop was the newly re- opened embassy.
Mr. Obama, who is the first sitting U. S. president to visit Cuba in 88 years, told staff: "It is wonderful to be here."
"Back in 1928, Presi- dent [Calvin] Coolidge came on a battleship. It took him three days to get here - it only took me three hours. For the first time ever, Air Force One has landed in Cuba and this is our very first stop."
On Sunday, he toured Havana's old town with his family, huddling under um- brellas to shelter from a tropical storm before visit- ing the national cathedral.
Cuba is an exotic place. The mix of crumbling but beautiful Spanish colonial, 1950s Americana, and 1970s Soviet utilitarian.
Buildings have fresh paint. There is shiny black tarmac on road surfaces where the potholes have been filled in.
For security reasons, no one is saying precisely where the President will go when he's there
Win-Win For
U. S. And Cuba
Security was tight and the historic city centre looked uncharacteristically empty. One Cuban shouted: "Down with the embargo!"
President Obama re- sponded by waving.
The 54-year-old U. S. trade embargo is one of the main sticking points in U. S.-Cuban relations.
It can only be lifted by the U. S. Congress, which is controlled by Republicans who have expressed their opposition to its removal.
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