WASHINGTON – Lt. John Parada, production officer, is representing Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Washington for Engineers Week. He serves at Public Works Department Annapolis, which supports the United States Naval Academy, Naval Support Activity Annapolis, and Naval Research Laboratory Chesapeake Bay Detachment.
Lt. Parada hails from Wilkes-Barre, Pa., and grew up in a Navy family. His grandfather, Joseph Parada, was a plank owner on the USS Paricutin AE-18, commissioned in 1945. His father, John Charles Parada, enlisted in 1976 and served on active duty for four years. He later joined Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 21 in the reserves in 1990. While attached to NMCB 21 as a Seabee, he was promoted to Chief (SWC) in 1998.