By
Navy Office of Community Outreach Public Affairs
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A 2014 Angleton
High School graduate and Angleton, Texas native is serving in the U.S. Navy
aboard Naval Air Station Jacksonville, the largest base in the Southeast Region
and third largest in the nation.
Seaman Adam Aldrich is a yeoman serving with
Commander, Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing 11.
A Navy yeoman is responsible for
administration duties to ensure that the sailors at the command are taken care
of.
“My job is the best job in the Navy,”
said Aldrich. “I gain great skills and attributes while being able to interact
with a variety of different sailors.”
According to Navy officials, Wing 11’s history and
reputation remain unparalleled since being commissioned on August 15, 1942.
Throughout the decades, Wing 11 has continued to fly combat missions in direct support of
the troops on the ground and delivered
traditional maritime capabilities, real-time intelligence, surveillance and
reconnaissance.
Beginning in the
1960s, the P-3C Orion, a land-based, long-range anti-submarine warfare patrol
aircraft, replaced the P-2V Neptune fleet. After 50 years of faithful
service and the 50th anniversary of Maritime Patrol and
Reconnaissance Force, the P-3C Orion is being phased out of the fleet,
according to Navy officials.
The P-8A is a modified Boeing airframe
featuring a fully connected, state-of-the-art, open architecture mission system
designed for long-range anti-submarine warfare; anti-surface warfare; and
intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions, Navy officials
explained.
"The U.S. Navy sometimes asks the
impossible of our people. It is sailors that make the impossible possible,”
said Capt. Anthony Corapi, Commodore, Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing 11. “Seaman Aldrich is one example of a selfless
servant of our nation. These heroes ask
for very little recognition and perform their daily job with pride and
professionalism defending freedom and our way of life around the world. Each member of the Navy's combat team is
crucial to our success. I am very proud to have Seaman Aldrich on our
team!"
Aldrich is part of a crew that is transitioning to the P-8A Poseidon and preparing for deployment in the future.
“This command has a passion for
success,” said Aldrich. “It gives me a great feeling to know that we are all
working hard to be extraordinary and supporting one another always.”
According to Navy officials, the Navy
continues to meet milestone after milestone on this world-class mission and is
providing an aircraft with superior capabilities to the men and women in
uniform that will have a lasting legacy promoting a global maritime strategy.
“The Navy has instilled in me
confidence,” said Aldrich. “I know who I am and what I'm about and will not
compromise that.”