Powder Springs Resident named NOSC Atlanta Junior Sailor of the Year

by Rick Burke, Navy Office of Community Outreach Public Affairs

DOBBINS AIR RESERVE BASE, Ga. (Nov. 11, 2017) – A Powder Springs, Georgia, resident who serves as the mobilization coordinator at Navy Operational Support Center Atlanta was recently named the reserve center’s full-time support Junior Sailor of the Year for 2017.

Aviation Machinist’s Mate 2nd Class Petty Officer Paul Amedogbe was recognized for his exceptional performance throughout the year.

“As an E-5, Amedogbe runs the mobilization program 99 percent of the time by himself,” said Boatswains Mate 1st Class Joshua Maurer, Amedogbe’s leading petty officer.

“Mobilization is the primary mission of NOSC Atlanta, and he runs that program perfectly,” Maurer said. “I couldn’t have asked for a better person to be put in that program.”

Amedogbe, is originally from Ghana, Africa and came to the United States in 2010 and joined the Navy soon after. He spent four years with Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 84 in Norfolk, Virginia, and has been at NOSC Atlanta for two years.

Amedogbe said that he joined the Navy because the military was something he always wanted to do; yet he was unaware of all of the opportunities that the Navy would give him. Taking advantage of one of those opportunities, he obtained a master’s degree in acquisition and supply chain management from University of Maryland University College.

Amedogbe said he appreciated that his leadership abilities were recognized by his chain of command, and he advised other junior Sailors is to take advantage of whatever opportunities the Navy gives them.

"Play roles that others won’t like to play,” he said. “Just remember that your command is looking at you, no matter what you are doing.”

- - Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ian Parham