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Blackwell finalist for national Navy award
Published 6:33pm Thursday, June 28, 2012Master-at-Arms 1st Class Patty A. Blackwell of Polk County (left) poses in Washington, D.C. with the five other finalists for Navy Reserve Sailor of the Year. Blackwell is with the Navy Security Force from Navy Operational Support Center in Greenville, S.C. She became a finalist after being selected as Sailor of the Year for Reserve Component Command (RCC) Region Southeast. (photo submitted by Brenda Parker)
THOSE OF US WHO ARE RETIRED NAVY HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY LOOK WITH GREAT PRIDE ON A PHOTO SUCH AS THIS IN THE TRYON DAILY BULLETIN AND REFLECT BACK OVER TIME. CERTAINLY, WITH ALL THE LOCAL DISGUST FOR US WHEN I WAS SERVING IN COMBAT DURING THE VIET NAM WAR IT IS MARVELOUS TO SEE THE CHANGE TODAY AND FIND A WONDERFUL STORY AND PHOTO HONORING THOSE WHO MAKE LIFE POSSIBLE HERE IN POLK. THANK YOU SAILORS……….FOR ALL YOU DO FOR US!