TEMPLE â Before Naval Aircrewman (Helicopter) 2nd Class Katherine Knox excelled as a Navy recruiter, she wore many hats: college graduate, business owner and even a CH-53 helicopter crew chief. Now, as the leading petty officer of Navy Recruiting Station (NRS) Temple, she uses her position to educate and inform others of Navy opportunities.
âI love being a recruiter because it provides me with a change of pace from being in a helicopter,â Knox said. âI do miss flying, but being a recruiter I have the opportunity to spread Navy awareness where there is little to no Navy presence.â
A native of Copperas Cove, Knox earned a Bachelor of Science from Concordia University in Austin in 2012 and enlisted into the Navy the following year. She began her career in Norfolk, Virginia, assigned to Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 14 (HM-14), before transferring to the Naval Reserve as a recruiter through the Canvasser Recruiter (CANREC) Program in 2020.
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Dr. Peter Nguyen, of Victoria, Texas, the medical director for WellMedicine, received a direct commission as a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy Reserve at Post Acute Medical (PAM) Rehabilitation Hospital.
Nguyen, 54, joined Americaâs Navy to give back to the service that saved him and his familyâs life.
Born in Thanh Hai Phan Thiet, Vietnam, Nguyen immigrated to America during the Vietnam War as a refugee at the age of nine. He grew up in Seadrift, Texas, and relocated to Louisiana where he completed high school.
âMy family and I were rescued from the South China Sea as we were escaping from the communist invasion of South Vietnam,â said Nguyen, who serves as the president and chief of staff of PAM Rehabilitation Hospital. âWe were on the water for about a week and were running out of food and water. Everyone on the fishing boat was giving up and wanted to turn back to Vietnam. My late mother would not allow it and said if we die tryi
Vietnamese Refugee joins America’s Navy that saved his Life Photo By Burrell Parmer | VICTORIA, Texas – (May 13, 2021) Dr. Peter Nguyen (left), of Victoria, Texas, the.. read moreread more Photo By Burrell Parmer | VICTORIA, Texas – (May 13, 2021) Dr. Peter Nguyen (left), of Victoria, Texas, the medical director for WellMedicine, received a direct commission as a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy Reserve at Post Acute Medical (PAM) Rehabilitation Hospital. Nguyen, 54, joined America’ Navy to give back to the service that saved his family’s life. When Nguyen was nine years old, he and his family boarded their fishing boat in Vietnam to escape communism, and while at sea, was saved by a U.S. Navy vessel and brought to freedom in America. The oath was administered by Lt. Cmdr. Allen Cordova, an officer programs recruiter assigned to Navy Talent Acquisition Group (NTAG) S
1 When a person departs for Navy Recruiting Training Command in Great Lakes, Illinois, the main notion on their mind is being at sea, surrounded by nothing but ocean, as far as the eye can see, for months at a time. But a new recruit soon finds that water isn’t the bane of a Sailor, it is fire. Fire causes smoke, making it difficult to see and to breathe. It is fire that can destroy your home away from home. It is fire which can cause an entire ship’s crew to respond as if their lives depend on it, either in port, at sea, beneath the surface of the sea in a submarine or even in the air on one of the many Navy airplanes. Being a Sailor means being a firefighter.