JB MDL hosts Navy Regional-Mid Atlantic Sailor of Year
Petty Officer 1st Class Garry Denette, religious program specialist stationed at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., took top honors as Regional Sailor of the Year and will go on to compete for Navy Shore Command’s Sailor of the Year award. Sailors from various shore commands in the Mid-Atlantic region competed for the award. Left to right: Petty Officer Kent Roseman, boatswains mate; Petty Officer Heather Havunen, boatswains mate; Petty Officer Zeporah Dasher, Navy career counselor; Petty Officer Patrick McKay, master at arms; Petty Officer Samuel Hughes, air traffic controller. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Darren Grant/Released)