By
Navy Office of Community Outreach Public Affairs
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A 1999 San Judas
Tadeo High School in Guayaquil, Ecuador graduate and Miami, Florida native by a
way of Ecuador 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.
Petty Officer 1st Class Sindy Indacochea Teran is a
yeoman serving with Commander, Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing 11.
A Navy yeoman is responsible for
administrative correspondence for all personnel at VP-26.
“I love my job because I help people,”
said Indacochea Teran. “I enjoy taking care of sailors and the customer
service.”
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. “Petty Officer Indacochea Teran 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 Petty Officer
Indacochea Teran on our team!"
Indacochea Teran is part of a crew that
began a transition to the P-8A Poseidon and is preparing for deployment in the future.
“I have had a lot of challenges since
serving but the challenges here have helped me grow and become a better
yeoman,” said Indacochea Teran.
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 helped me realize that I can
do anything I put my mind to,” said Indacochea Teran. “If I work hard at it I can
accomplish all my goals.”