March 2016
Volume 1, Issue 1
Alumni Times
Welcome to the Navy!
On December 11, 2015 Savannah State
University/ Armstrong State University
(SSU/ASU) Navy Reserve Officer Training
Corps Unit (NROTCU) commissioned ten
Ensigns into the United States Navy. Eight
of them are now serving as Surface Warfare
Officers (ENS Bee, Brooks, Cartwright,
Hensley, Harriot, Scott, Tavira and White),
one attending flight school (ENS Gomes)
and the other as a Nurse (ENS Thomas).
We would also like to take this opportunity
to acknowledge ENS Hensley who placed
first and ENS White who placed fifth in the
National Order of Merit. ENS White, soon to
serve as a Surface Warfare Officer IP, is
also the 2015 fall recipient of the President’s
Second Mile Award. This award recognizes
remarkable leadership on campus, in the
Savannah community and beyond. We are
extremely proud of our graduates and look
forward to hearing of their future success.
Commissionee’s Recognition
ENS Bee
USS Dewey DDG 105
San Diego, CA
ENS Brooks
USS Fort McHenry (LSD-43)
Mayport, FL
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ENS Cartwright
USS Essex (LHD-2)
San Diego, CA
ENS Gomes
Naval Flight School
Pensacola, FL
ENS Harriot
USS Arlington (LPD-24)
Norfolk, VA
ENS Hensley
USS New York (LPD-21)
Mayport, FL
ENS Scott
USS Carter Hall (LSD-50)
Norfolk, VA
ENS Tavira
USS Cole (DDG-67)
Norfolk, VA
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ENS Thompson
Walter Reed National
Military Medical Center
Bethesda, Maryland
ENS White
USS Roosevelt (CVN-71)
San Diego, CA
“Fair winds and Following Seas.”
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