DVIDS - News - USS America CPO Association awards scholarship to E. J. King senior
23 SASEBO, Japan – The Chief Petty Officers Association (CPOA) aboard USS America (LHA 6), the Navy’s only forward-deployed amphibious assault ship, presented a scholarship check to a student at E. J. King High School here, May 11. America’s Command Master Chief Randy Bell presented a check for $2,000 to Halle-Mari Santiago during an award ceremony at the high school. Santiago, who is the valedictorian for the class of 2021, was selected for the scholarship by a panel of America’s CPOs. “I am very pleased and proud of the fact that the USS America Chief Petty Offic...