by Rick Burke, Navy
Office of Community Outreach Public Affairs
(PORTSMOUTH, Va.) - A
2006 Denbigh High School graduate and Hampton, Virginia
native, recently received the outstanding apprentice award from
the Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) Apprentice Program.
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Ms. Tiesha McFarland receives a certificate of apprenticeship
from Norfolk Naval Shipyard Commander Capt. Scott Brown
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Ms. Tiesha
McFarland was one of 103 honor graduates and also
received the outstanding apprentice award presented by the National Association
of Superintendent at Willet Hall in Portsmouth, Virginia.
NNSY congratulated 180
graduates from its program. The graduates, represent 25 trades across the
shipyard, and successfully completed a four-year training program, which
includes academics, trade theory and on-the-job experience. Upon graduation,
the apprentices received a Technician Career Studies Certificate and were
converted to the journeymen level of their trade.
McFarland, is a painter
and mechanic who is responsible for the preservation of structures for U.S.
nuclear vessels.
She's worked for the
Department of Defense for 5 years and has carried lessons learned from her hometown.
"The lessons of
being fully committed displays integrity to do my job to the best of my
abilities," said McFarland.
McFarland has military
ties with family members who served in the military and is honored to carry on
the family tradition working for the Department of Defense.
“My husband, Atif
McFarland, serves in the military as well as a host of family and
friends," she said.