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Military News of Virgin Islanders for April

Editor’s note: The Source newspapers publish available information about Virgin Islanders who are serving their country in the military. For earlier notices, see previous months’ files in this section. Please e-mail information about yourself or any family member serving in these regards to visource@gmail.com. Provide the individual’s full name, age, rank, service branch or organization, home island, immediate family members in the Virgin Islands, brief description of education and training, and, if possible, a description of where the person is based or has been deployed. Please limit the information to about 200 words. We welcome photos.

Army National Guard Pvt. Jamal M. Phillip/St. Thomas
March 25, 2010 (Joint Hometown News Service) – Army National Guard Pvt. Jamal M. Phillip has graduated from Basic Combat Training at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla.
During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission and received instruction and training exercises in drill and ceremonies, Army history, core values and traditions, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid, rifle marksmanship, weapons use, map reading and land navigation, foot marches, armed and unarmed combat, and field maneuvers and tactics.
He is the son of Sarah Watkins of Anna’s Retreat, Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Phillip S. Hensley of East 43rd St., Brooklyn, N.Y.
Phillip is a 2009 graduate
Army Pvt. Cherima C. Callwood/St. Thomas
April 1, 2010 (Joint Hometown News Service) – Army Pvt. Cherima C. Callwood has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.
During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values. She received instruction and practice in physical fitness, basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field tactics, military courtesy, military justice system, basic first aid, foot marches and field training exercises.
She is the daughter of Burton Callwood of Frenchman’s Bay, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Tuesilla Jarvis of Dardanelle Drive, Orlando, Fla.
Callwood is a 2004 graduate of Maynard Evans High School, Orlando.
Air Force Airman Kamari A. Krigger
Air Force Airman Kamari A. Krigger/St. Thomas
April 12, 2010 (Joint Hometown News Service) – Air Force Airman Kamari A. Krigger graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.
The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.
Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.
He is the son of Roland and Avis Krigger of Estate Fortuna, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.
Krigger is a 2009 graduate of Charlotte Amalie High School, St. Thomas.
Air Force Airman Robert Richardson Jr.
Air Force Airman Robert S. Richardson Jr./St. Thomas
April 8, 2010 (Joint Hometown News Service) – Air Force Airman Robert S. Richardson Jr. graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.
The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.
Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.
He is the brother of Shereeka Edmeade of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.
Richardson is a 2009 graduate of St. Peter and Paul High School, St. Thomas.

Air Force Airman Jose M. Rosario
Air Force Airman Jose M. Rosario/St. Thomas
April 6, 2010 (Joint Hometown News Service) – Air Force Airman Jose M. Rosario graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.
The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.
Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.
He is the nephew of Diane Shaw of Regjerrings Gade, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Levi Hodge of Polar Circle, Harker Heights, Texas.
Rosario is a 2009 graduate of Harker Heights High School.
Navy Seaman Meghan C. Monokian/St. Croix
April 16, 2010 (Fleet Hometown News Center) – Navy Seaman Meghan C. Monokian, daughter of Jeanne
and Robert E. Monokian of Christiansted, Virgin Islands, recently graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Recruit Training Center in Cape May, N. J.
During the eight-week training program, Monokian completed a vigorous training curriculum consisting of academics and practical instruction on water safety and survival, military customs and courtesies, seamanship skills, first aid, fire fighting and marksmanship. A major emphasis is also placed on physical fitness, health and wellness.
Monokian and other recruits also received instruction on the Coast Guard’s core values — honor, respect and devotion to duty — and how to apply them in their military performance and personal conduct.
The seaman will join 36,000 other men and women who comprise the Coast Guard’s force. Men and women train together from the first day in the Coast Guard just as they do aboard ships and shore units throughout the world. To reinforce the team concept, She and other recruits were trained in preventing sexual harassment, drug and alcohol awareness, civil rights training, the basics of the work/life balance as well as total quality management.
Monokian is a 2007 graduate of Country Day High School of Christiansted, V. I.
Navy Seaman Kelvin H. Rogers/St. Thomas
April 21, 2010 (Fleet Hometown News Center) – Navy Seaman Kelvin H. Rogers, a 2005 graduate of Ivanna Eudora Kean High School, St. Thomas, V. I., and nearly 1, 000 sailors and Marines attached to USS Bataan (LHD 5) recently returned to Norfolk, Va. after 10 weeks, supporting Operation Unified Response in Haiti.
The ship surged from Norfolk Jan. 14, just 48 hours after a 7. 0 magnitude earthquake caused severe damage to Haiti’s capital city of Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas. Arriving on Jan. 18, Bataan’s crew members immediately began providing disaster relief to the people of Haiti. Navy and Marine helicopters as well as landing craft air cushions (LCAC), which are vehicles designed for land and sea, transported nearly 1, 000 pallets of relief supplies, medically evacuated 97 patients to Bataan and provided transport for another 524 Haitian patients to and from the Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) and hospitals throughout Port-au-Prince.
Bataan’s medical team also provided services ashore for approximately 2, 000 patients, delivered the ship’s first baby; 8lb. 3 oz. "Theo Joe." As part of their preventive medicine campaign, Bataan also coordinated with the U.S. Public Health Service in immunizing nearly 10, 000 people.
Bataan operated primarily off the coast of Grand Goave, Haiti, and conducted "22 Sailors Ashore Missions" (SAM), ultimately removing 150 tons of rubble, building 65 shelters for 130 families and distributing more than 500, 000 meals. Throughout the relief effort, the Navy and Marine Corps team worked with various U.S. and partner government organizations, independent aid organizations and local Haitian leaders to deliver aid and allow the organizations to return to their pre-earthquake capacities.
Bataan is scheduled to begin a planned maintenance availability at Norfolk’s British Defense, Security, and Aerospace Company (BAE) Shipyard in mid-April.
Rogers joined the Navy in July 2005
Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Ivan McClean Jr./St. Thomas
April 21, 2010 (Fleet Hometown News Center) – Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Ivan McClean Jr., son of Joan C. and Ivan McClean of Charlotte Amaile, V. I., and nearly 1, 000 sailors and Marines attached to USS Bataan (LHD 5) recently returned to Norfolk, Va. after 10 weeks, supporting Operation Unified Response in Haiti.
The ship surged from Norfolk Jan. 14, just 48 hours after a 7. 0 magnitude earthquake caused severe damage to Haiti’s capital city of Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas. Arriving on Jan. 18, Bataan’s crew members immediately began providing disaster relief to the people of Haiti. Navy and Marine helicopters as well as landing craft air cushions (LCAC), which are vehicles designed for land and sea, transported nearly 1, 000 pallets of relief supplies, medically evacuated 97 patients to Bataan and provided transport for another 524 Haitian patients to and from the Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) and hospitals throughout Port-au-Prince.
Bataan’s medical team also provided services ashore for approximately 2, 000 patients, delivered the ship’s first baby; 8lb. 3 oz. "Theo Joe." As part of their preventive medicine campaign, Bataan also coordinated with the U.S. Public Health Service in immunizing nearly 10, 000 people.
Bataan operated primarily off the coast of Grand Goave, Haiti, and conducted "22 Sailors Ashore Missions" (SAM), ultimately removing 150 tons of rubble, building 65 shelters for 130 families and distributing more than 500, 000 meals. Throughout the relief effort, the Navy and Marine Corps team worked with various U.S. and partner government organizations, independent aid organizations and local Haitian leaders to deliver aid and allow the organizations to return to their pre-earthquake capacities.
Bataan is scheduled to begin a planned maintenance availability at Norfolk’s British Defense, Security, and Aerospace Company (BAE) Shipyard in mid-April.
McClean is a 1996 graduate of Ivanna Eudora Kean High School of Charlotte Amalie, V. I. and joined the Navy in March 1998.
Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Hilton T. Huggins/St. Croix
April 21, 2010 (Fleet Hometown News Center) – Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Hilton T. Huggins, son of Marion Caines of Frederiksted, V. I., and nearly 1, 000 sailors and sailors and Marines attached to USS Bataan (LHD 5) recently returned to Norfolk, Va. after 10 weeks, supporting Operation Unified Response in Haiti.
The ship surged from Norfolk Jan. 14, just 48 hours after a 7. 0 magnitude earthquake caused severe damage to Haiti’s capital city of Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas. Arriving on Jan. 18, Bataan’s crew members immediately began providing disaster relief to the people of Haiti. Navy and Marine helicopters as well as landing craft air cushions (LCAC), which are vehicles designed for land and sea, transported nearly 1, 000 pallets of relief supplies, medically evacuated 97 patients to Bataan and provided transport for another 524 Haitian patients to and from the Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) and hospitals throughout Port-au-Prince.
Bataan’s medical team also provided services ashore for approximately 2, 000 patients, delivered the ship’s first baby; 8lb. 3 oz. "Theo Joe." As part of their preventive medicine campaign, Bataan also coordinated with the U.S. Public Health Service in immunizing nearly 10, 000 people.
Bataan operated primarily off the coast of Grand Goave, Haiti, and conducted "22 Sailors Ashore Missions" (SAM), ultimately removing 150 tons of rubble, building 65 shelters for 130 families and distributing more than 500, 000 meals. Throughout the relief effort, the Navy and Marine Corps team worked with various U.S. and partner government organizations, independent aid organizations and local Haitian leaders to deliver aid and allow the organizations to return to their pre-earthquake capacities.
Bataan is scheduled to begin a planned maintenance availability at Norfolk’s British Defense, Security, and Aerospace Company (BAE) Shipyard in mid-April.
Huggins is a 1990 graduate of St. Croix Central High School of Kingshill, V. I., and joined the Navy in April 1991.
Air Force Airman Isan G. Rivera
Air Force Airman Isan G. Rivera/St. Croix
April 16, 2010 (Joint Hometown News Service) – Air Force Airman Isan G. Rivera graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.
The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.
Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.
He is the son of Wanda and stepson of Pedro Rivera of Estate Humbug, Christiansted, Virgin Islands.
Rivera is a 2008 graduate of St. Croix Central High School, Kingshill, V.I.
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