Navy Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Corey Smith of Jackson, Miss., has been selected Pacific Fleet Sailor of the Year. On May 12, he was also among four sailors earning the Chief of Naval Operation's Navy-wide sailors of the year. He went to corpsman "A" school and then to San Diego for lab technician school. From there he transferred to Naval Hospital Pensacola, Fla., and deployed to Guantanamo Bay with joint task force detainee operations, and back to NHP. Smith is currently a hospital corpsman aboard the USS Essex. (Source: Defense Media Activity 05/12/16) Gulf Coast Maritime Note: Smith holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Southern Mississippi. USS Essex (LHD-2) is home ported in San Diego. The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship was built on the Gulf Coast at Pascagoula, Miss. and commissioned in 1992.
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