College Point Man Provides Force Health Protection For US Navy

BY Kayla Good, Navy Office of Community Outreach | February 15, 2017

A 2010 Benjamin Cardozo High School graduate and College Point native is serving in the US Navy at the Navy Environmental Preventive Medicine Unit Five (NEPMU). Petty Officer 2nd Class Yang Yang serves as a hospital corpsman at the San Diego-based preventive medicine unit. According to Navy officials, the Navy Environmental Preventive Medicine Unit’s priority is to provide preventive medicine,... READ MORE >

Queens Native Aboard Navy Nuclear Submarine

BY Kayla Good, Navy Office of Community Outreach | July 13, 2016

A 2002 Richmond Hill High School graduate and Queens native is serving in the U.S. Navy aboard one of the Navy’s newest attack submarines, the USS Missouri. Petty Officer 2nd Class Elias Illescas is a fire control technician aboard the Groton-based boat, one of only 12 Virginia-class attack submarines in the Navy’s fleet. The Virginia class is comprised of the... READ MORE >