“Dedicated to his country for over 20 years, began his career as an enlisted soldier and completed the transition to officer and has since been promoted and awarded multiple times to his current rank. He officially got his retirement orders last week. He’s the most dedicated person I know to his family and country. He’s an all around great person, want to say thank you for his service and enjoy retirement, you deserve it! You find a better person in the world.”
“My husband joined the Navy July 18, 1990, and will be retiring after 34 years of Navy Service this year. He went through the enlisted ranks up to Chief and then was commissioned to Officer and will retire as a Commander. We are so proud of him and all he has accomplished during his time in the navy. We met while we were both stationed in Charleston and have been married 25 years. It was tough as a dual military family, but we made it work and our kids/family are better for it! With 34 years of service, he has done so much, mentored so many, helped so many in their careers, stationed at many commands, held many positions, and has been a wonderful husband, dad, son, brother and friend. We are proud of you and cannot wait to have you home and to start our next chapter as a navy retired family. Thank you for ALL you do, for everyone you know! I nominate my husband because he deserves to be recognized for all he has done in his many years of service to our country.”
MAC Dalrymple is getting ready to retire 7/31/2024 after 20 years of dedicated service to the US Navy. He sacrificed family time to deploy and defend our great country. He is an amazing man and has done wonderful things to protect each and every one of us. He is a great example of what honor, courage and commitment means to other Navy veterans like myself.
“I could not be prouder of the man I met in Washington state 4 years ago. Xavier came of the fast attack sub Connecticut shortly after the grounding that he was onboard for which caused serious damage to the ship and some of the crew aboard it. He is so hard working and always ready to lend a hand or the shirt of his back. Xavier is a fantastic role model to the junior sailors he works with, and he strives to be the person they call if they are in a pinch. A few weeks after we moved here, we drove out at 930 PM to meet one of his sailors 45 minutes away at Lowes to load up a fridge and take it an hour back to the sailor’s house, as his families had gone out at work and his young wife and kids needed a replacement ASAP. That’s just one of the many things he does constantly that makes him the hero I know him to be, and will always be.”
“When you think of a sailor, an American, and military woman, my wife is the definition. She continues to push the bar in her life whether it is in the reserves or her current job as a contractor. She has dedicated her entire adult life to the military and being a top notch Gunners Mate. I nominate her for her mentorship to junior sailors, me, and her kids.”
“My husband was in two IED explosions. He spent 6 months in Germany in a coma recuperating. He then came home to Bethesda, Maryland, and then here to VA in Hampton. It’s been years since my husband was forced to get out due to his medical conditions. He’s a 100 percent Disabled Veteran and even though you can’t see his physical scars the mental and emotional ones still remain. I’m so proud of my husband and how far he has come over the years to be the productive, caring, loving husband, father, brother and friend he is. Even if he’s not selected to this, he will always be my superhero.”
“My dad has always been my hero. He sacrificed his young adulthood by entering the Army when he was 18. Because of his service, he met and fell in love with my mom, who was in the WAC (Women’s Army Core), in 1977. The Army literally brought them together and is the reason my sister and I are here. My dad was actually stationed in South Korea when I was born and met me at 4 months old. He made that ultimate sacrifice for his nation, as badly as he wanted to see his new baby.”
“My husband James joined the Navy on October 18, 2001. He always knew he wanted to follow in the same footsteps as his father, grandfather and uncle but when 9/11 happened he knew his time was now. At 18, barely an adult himself, he dedicated himself to serve the country he loves and branch of service he admired. He gave 22 years of his life to the Navy before he was forced to retire last year. If it was up to him he’d still be fighting the good fight along his brothers and sisters in arms. He navigated 5 different rates at the Navy’s request and each time did so with only two goals, to take care of his sailors the best he could and continue committing himself to serve his country in any way possible. During one of those many transitions, his father passed away, but because of his dedication to his country, along with his father’s history as a sailor himself, he continued his commitment in serving his nation, completing a transition to a new rate and pushing through an unimaginable loss. A father of 4, meant time away from his children and missing pivotal moments, but he never complained. Last year he was forced to retire, an adjustment that hasn’t been the easiest for him, but one he’s taken on with as much vigor as he could muster after having his passion and love of being a sailor taken away too soon for his liking. Today he is continuing to work with sailors on Naval Station Norfolk, spending time on vessels that resurface all the things he loved about being in the Navy, but this time as a civilian. He may bleed red, but he bleeds for the red, white, and blue and will for the rest of his life because being a member of the armed service wasn’t just a job to him but a part of who he is, now and forever.”
“SSG Patrick W. Luley was born August 10, 1983 in Petoskey, MI. He entered the Missouri Army National Guard on November 22, 2000 in Saint Louis, MO. He graduated Army Basic Training at Fort Sill, OK on August 10, 2001, his 18th birthday.”
“Leah has over achieved as a Personal Specialist. She has been stationed in San Diego, CA, Pascagoula,MS Pre-Commisioning LHA-6, Port Heuneme, CA at the medical clinic, and now with a Squadron on Norfolk Naval Base. Where ever she has been stationed she has led by and example and worked always in a higher pay grade’s position. At her current command she received Sailor of the Year!. Her newest challenge is serving the world’s finest military while having brought triplets into this world and continues to raise them while on active duty and serving at a sea duty command. She utilizes the Navy’s core values, Honor, Courage, and Commitment, when serving as a great sailor/leader, wife, and a new mother!! Hoorah!”
“Tyler and I met when we were both in A School in Great Lakes, IL. From the moment I’ve met him he’s had “bad luck” with his orders and anything military related. He’s received a NAM from his first deployment and Battle E, on his second deployment they also received Battle E. He has been through 2 deployments and took it like a champ. Even if he was sick through his first one. He saved his best friends life on his first deployment when he had a seizure and hit his head on the floor. Tyler put him on his side and made sure he wasn’t choking or hurting himself. He truly is my hero. There’s a lot more to say about him that I wish I could include, I don’t want to bore you. GM3 Simon is a military hero and a superhero in my mind.”
If you know someone who serves, nominate them to be our next Military Hero presented by Navy Federal Credit Union, Our members are the Mission.
