USS Abraham Lincoln Congratulations To Our 2010
Sailors of the Year Editor’s Note: The Penny Press staff assembled this special edition issue to recognize the achievents of the great work Sailors in the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group have done over the past year.
(CVN 72)
AE1(AW/SW) Craig Lapilio
2010 Senior Sailor of the Year Hometown: Kaneohe, Hawaii Time in Service: 14 years
Favorite Navy Memory: “Being stationed in my home state on Marine Corps Base Hawaii and surfing on base before work.”
MA2(SW/AW) Denise Gutierrez
2010 Sailor of the Year Hometown: Garland, Texas
Carrier Strike Group Nine PS1(SW) Lewis O. Garza 2010 Sailor of the Year
Time in Service: 5 years Favorite Navy Memory: “I was frocked to petty officer second class on the one-year anniversary of my father-in-law’s passing. It was a very bittersweet moment because I know he would’ve been so proud of me.”
EM3(SW/AW) Robert Allison
2010 Junior Sailor of the Year Hometown: Ringwood, Okla.
Hometown: Edinburg, Texas Time in Service: 16 years Favorite Navy Memory: “Getting my commercial diver’s license using tuition assistance.”
Time in Service: 4 years Favorite Navy Memory:“Meeting the woman of my dreams and marrying her. She is also in the Navy.”
DCFN Jared Moon
2010 Blue Jacket of the Year
Hometown: San Diego Time in Service: 3 years Favorite Navy Memory: “Pulling into my first foreign port, Malaysia, and getting to see a new culture and way of life.”
Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 12 (HSC-12)
Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 77
(HSM-77)
AZ1(SW/AW) Keloni Gallagher
HM2(AW/FMF) Andrew Cosgrove
Hometown: Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation, Calif.
Hometown: Rochester, N.Y.
2010 Senior Sailor of the Year Time in Service: 11 years
Favorite Navy Memory: “My last reenlistment ceremony.”
2010 Sailor of the Year
Time in Service: 5 years Favorite Navy Memory: “My time stationed with the Marines in Okinawa, Japan.”
AD2(AW) Kim T. Ha
2010 Sailor of the Year Hometown: Denver, Colo. Time in Service: 5 years Favorite Navy Memory: “My favorite Navy memory was the day I made 2010 Sailor of the Year.”
AT2 Jennifer Scott
2010 Junior Sailor of the Year
Hometown: Petal, Miss. Time in Service: 4 years
AWS2(NAC) Jacob T. Cotrill
Favorite Navy Memory: “The feeling of pulling back in to San Diego after my first deployment.”
2010 Junior Sailor of the Year Hometown: Kapolei, Hawaii Time in Service: 3 years
Favorite Navy Memory: “The day I left RTC, Great Lakes.”
AOAN Chris Fagan
2010 Blue Jacket of the Year Hometown: Big Bear Lake, Calif. Time in Service: 2 years
AMAN Arthur Stockpole 2010 Blue Jacket of the Year Hometown: Kingston, Jamaica
Favorite Navy Memory: “My favorite Navy memory is driving the ordnance truck in Fallon, Nev., on our recent detachment; we loaded up the truck with our gear, and played random music like Lady Gaga. I will never forget the laughs we shared out in Fallon.”
Time in Service: 1 year Favorite Navy Memory: “Flying in the helicopters of the world’s greatest Golden Falcons of HSC-12.”
AE3 Justin M. Amy
2010 Plane Captain of the Year Hometown: Williamsfield, Ohio Time in Service: 4 years Favorite Navy Memory: “Receiving plane captain of the year and making petty officer third class.”
AMAN Joshua Turner
2010 Plane Captain of the Year Hometown: Ten Sleep, Wyo. Time in Service: 2 years Favorite Navy Memory: “Being a part of HSM-77 because they’ve given me opportunities and rewarded my hard work.”
Electronic Attack Squadron 131 (VAQ-131)
Airborne Early Warning Squadron 116 (HSM-77)
AE1(AW/SW) Joshua Caldwell 2010 Senior Sailor of the Year Hometown: Jonesboro, Ark. Time in Service: 10 years Favorite Navy Memory: “Seeing my wife and daughter again after my first deployment.”
AD2(AW) Michael A. Dodson 2010 Sailor of the Year
AD1 Manlio E. Gamerorivera
2010 Sailor of the Year Hometown: Los Angeles Time in Service: 11 years
Favorite Navy Memory: “Landing onboard the USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) and looking out onto the flight deck for the first time as the COD cargo doors opened.”
Hometown: Sacramento, Calif. Time in Service: 9 years Favorite Navy Memory: “I don’t have a specific memory, so I would say just the people I’ve met and worked with over the years.”
AT2(AW) Michael Teeples 2010 Junior Sailor of the Year Hometown: Klamath Falls, Ore. Time in Service: 3 years Favorite Navy Memory: “The intense feeling of experiencing a corkscrew combat landing into Iraq on a C-17 when I was on an individual augmentee (IA) assignment.”
AM2 Matthew S. Semuskie
2010 Junior Sailor of the Year Hometown: Indiana, Pa. Time in Service: 7 years
Favorite Navy Memory: “I think the most memorable thing was being able to visit Iwo Jima and being able to explore the extensive cave network and go to the top of Mt. Suribachi.”
ADAN(AW) Gregory K. Freeman 2010 Blue Jacket of the Year Hometown: Galveston, Texas Time in Service: 3 years Favorite Navy Memory: “Working in the shooter’s shack, and being the last person to look over an aircraft before it launches off the flight deck.”
AT3 Jason M. Groos
2010 Blue Jacket of the Year Hometown: Sisseton, S.D. Time in Service: 3 years
AE3 Jerrold L. Scriver III 2010 Plane Captain of the Year Hometown: Port Angeles, Wash. Time in Service: 4 years Favorite Navy Memory: “Pulling into Thailand for the first time for a port visit.”
Favorite Navy Memory:“Meeting all the people on the ship from different places and backgrounds.”
Strike Fighter Squadron 2 (VFA-2) AE1(AW) Scott B. Reed
2010 Senior Sailor of the Year Hometown: Philadelphia, Pa. Time in Service: 10 years Favorite Navy Memory: “Returning home from the Nimitz 2003 cruise. I finally got to meet my five-month-old daughter.”
AM2(AW) Armando V. Gonzalez 2010 Sailor of the Year Hometown: Bakersfield, Calif. Time in Service: 11 years Favorite Navy Memory: “Island hopping 12 aircraft on return from Japan to the states, after a six-month tour. After one month of repairs between Guam and Hawaii, all aircraft made it home safely.”
AO2(AW) Steele R. Gunby 2010 Junior Sailor of the Year Hometown: Hobe Sound, Fla. Time in Service: 3 years Favorite Navy Memory: “My first Fallon, Nev., detachment back in February 2010.”
AME3 Mark C. Tobias
2010 Blue Jacket of the Year Hometown: Hammondsport, N.Y. Time in Service: 3 years Favorite Navy Memory: “The completion of WESTPAC ‘08.”
AO3 Erika S. Bolio Noriega 2010 Plane Captain of the Year
Strike Fighter Squadron 34 (VFA-34)
ATC(AW) Jerry Styf 2010 Chief of the Year
Hometown: Elkton, S.D. Time in Service: 19 years Favorite Navy Memory: “To celebrate my birthday and be a part of Navy tradition during Lincoln’s Wog Day, 2008.”
AME1(AW) Jason M. Frazier
2010 Senior Sailor of the Year Hometown: Huntington, W. V. Time in Service: 10 years
Favorite Navy Memory: “Being a VIP guest of the United States Ryder cup team after my squadron did the fly over for the opening ceremony of the 2004 Ryder Cup in Detroit.”
AO2 Edward J. Hill
2010 Sailor of the Year Hometown: Toomsboro, Ga. Time in Service: 6 years Favorite Navy Memory: “Going on a detachment to Panama City and getting to experience the city.”
PS3(AW) Melissa Colon-Rivera
2010 Junior Sailor of the Year Hometown: Fajardo, Puerto Rico Time in Service: 8 years
Favorite Navy Memory: “An IA tour in Baghdad, Iraq opened my eyes to greater possibilities that I didn’t think I could achieve.”
AOAN(AW) Allissa Kinsey
2010 Blue Jacket of the Year
Hometown: Tijuana, Mexico
Hometown: Bedford, Va.
Time in Service: 3 years
Time in Service: 2 years
Favorite Navy Memory: “Coming to the fleet; I got to the air wing last deployment and it was just as tough as I was told it would be, yet rewarding. I met my ordnance shop and continue to learn a lot.”
Favorite Navy Memory: “Visiting foreign ports and getting the chance to sightsee, taste different foods and the overall experience.”
Strike Fighter Squadron 137 (VFA-137) AM1(AW) Shaun Hura
2010 Senior Sailor of the Year
Strike Fighter Squadron 151 (VFA-151)
AM1(AW) Eric Anderson
2010 Senior Sailor of the Year
Hometown: Plano, Texas
Hometown: Alburnett, Iowa
Time in Service: 14 years
Time in Service: 16 years
Favorite Navy Memory: “Learning ‘you get what you put in’. The harder you work for something, the more rewarding it will be.”
AT2(AW) Clayton Ladd 2010 Sailor of the Year Hometown: Watertown, N.Y. Time in Service: 4 years Favorite Navy Memory: “Following my first squadron around was so unreal; I finally appreciated what I was getting into and what job I would be doing for the Navy.”
AT3 Jesse Lind
2010 Junior Sailor of the Year Hometown: Huntsberg, Ohio Time in Service: 4 years Favorite Navy Memory: “A few years ago, I got into some trouble and realized I had to pick things up. Now here I am Junior Sailor of the Year.”
AMAN Vincent Sullivan
2010 Blue Jacket of the Year Hometown: Houston, Texas Time in Service: 2 years Favorite Navy Memory: “The first time I washed a jet. I was so nervous, but I did a good job. I learned to do everything with confidence, that’s my motto.”
ADAN Versay Kennell
2010 Plane Captain of the Year Hometown: St. Louis, Mo. Time in Service: 2 years Favorite Navy Memory: “The first time I turned a jet, it was exciting to do something so different. I got through it okay and everything turned out all right.”
Favorite Navy Memory: “Getting frocked to petty officer first class and also being named Senior Sailor of the Year.”
AD2(AW) Sinai Urbanogarcia
2010 Sailor of the Year Hometown: Brooklyn, N.Y. Time in Service: 9 years
Favorite Navy Memory: “Visiting Australia for the first time and having fun in a country I’d never been to.”
AM3(AW) Greg Gruben
2010 Junior Sailor of the Year Hometown: Weatherford, Texas Time in Service: 8 years Favorite Navy Memory: “Participating in the multilateral exercise Cope Tiger in Korat, Thailand in 2007 and taking part in an international air show in Canada in 2008.”
AT3 Dean Covic
2010 Blue Jacket of the Year Hometown: New Port Richey, Fla. Time in Service: 2 years Favorite Navy Memory: “Going an a detachment to Fallon, Nev., and getting to see and work on other aircraft there.”
AM3(AW) Ryan Karcher
2010 Plane Captain of the Year Hometown: Vernon, N.J. Time in Service: 4 years Favorite Navy Memory: “Being a part of a detatchment to Fallon, Nev., as well as being stationed in El Centro, Calif.”
USS Momsen (DDG 92) NC1(SW) Catherine McBroom 2010 Senior Sailor of the Year
ET2(SW) Ty Coyne
2010 Sailor of the Year
USS Shoup (DDG 86) CTT1(SW) Jason J. Held
2010 Senior Sailor of the Year
ET1(SW) Kenneth M. Lemke 2010 Sailor of the Year
GSM3(SW) Cassie Dorau
BM3(SW) Leslie Walker
SH3(SW) Ximena Moreno
GSM3(SW) Julius P. Umali
2010 Junior Sailor of the Year
2010 Blue Jacket of the Year
2010 Junior Sailor the Year
2010 Blue Jacket of the Year
USS Sterett (DDG 104)
USS Halsey (DDG 97)
CTT1(SW) Jamie E. Perez
2010 Senior Sailor of the Year
CS2(SW) Sacha C. Hasbrouck
2010 Sailor of the Year
GSE1(SW) Juan V. Dominguez 2010 Sailor of the Year
CS2(SW/AW) Anthony M. Martinez
2010 Junior Sailor of the Year
IC3(SW) Billie J. Bostic
2010 Junior Sailor of the Year
IT3 James C. Nation
2010 Blue Jacket of the Year
EM3(SW) Delshawn T. Webb 2010 Blue Jacket of the Year