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Duty Calls: Vietnam vet named Greene County senior of the year
Terry Brown
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CATSKILL Barbara Caldera of Earlton, a retired Army lieutenant colonel who served as a nurse in the Vietnam War, has been selected by the Greene County Legislature to receive the Senior Citizen of the Year Award.
Duncan MacPherson of Freehold, who among his many volunteer endeavors assisted parents of deployed military personnel, was selected to receive the Outstanding Contribution by a Senior Citizen Award. Anne Heim of Leeds was named to a Certificate of Merit.
The trio will received their awards during a ceremony at the next Greene County Legislature meeting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 19 at 411 Main St., Catskill.
Photo by: Navy Office Of Community Outreach A 2001 graduate of East Islip High School and native of Islip Terrace, New York, is serving at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Maine, as part of the largest mobilization of reservists in Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) history. The mobilization is tied directly to the COVID-19 pandemic. Petty Officer 1st Class Jason Parisi is one of the reserve sailors deployed to the Navy’s four public shipyards as part of the Surge Maintenance (SurgeMain) program. Established in 2005 to augment the Navy’s organic civilian shipyard workforce in times of need, SurgeMain has 2,200 enlisted reserve sailors and 240 reserve officers across 75 units.
Duty Calls: Delanson native helps keep Navy ships combat ready
Terry Brown
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A Navy reservist from Delanson has been mobilized to help keep ships combat ready.
Chief Petty Officer Michael Foster has a role in the largest mobilization of reservists in the Naval Sea Systems Command’s history, according to Danna Eddy, a Navy spokeswoman. Foster, a Delanson native and 2001 Hornell High School graduate, is helping to maintain and repair ships, and submarines at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Maine.
He is one of 2,200 enlisted reserve sailors and 240 reserve officers available from more than 75 units across the country for Surge Maintenance. The SurgeMain program mobilization is in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Eddy.