Veteran Amy Collins: Early Warfare Electronic Tech Trailblazer By Christina Swanson            “Who would have thought to even look for something like that,” is what her superiors said when this newbie Naval warfare electronics technician found the solution to why some classified equipment had stopped working, which was stumping the seasoned troubleshooters. With a keen eye, a penchant for electronic tech, and a creative brain, Veteran Amy Collins was part of making Navy history being one of the first female technicians on a destroyer protecting the Navy’s integrity, back in 1995. Growing up in Rhode Island and Charlton, MA, dad drove...

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Lt. Col. Bob Amason: Teaching, Leading, Improving Processes and People Everywhere He Goes By Christina Swanson        Similar to Mark Twain’s words that, “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work,” this 22-year Veteran and 30-year accomplished professor and novelist colorfully shares the same sentiment. “Success occurs because you get out a shovel and keep digging, and don’t fall in the hole,” said retired lieutenant colonel Robert Amason, who amazingly started new careers the very next day after leaving the present one. Now that’s a work ethic! His dad, a WWII veteran who was...

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Steve Courtney: Ensuring Aircraft, and Mail, Gets Where They Need to Go with Electronics Maintenance By Christina Swanson            “Dodging planes as they cycled in and out in combat on an aircraft carrier, you have to be on high alert and have your wits about you,” said 23-year veteran Steve Courtney.  As an aviation electronics tech, serving during the Vietnam Era, through one mission, he worked so hard that he lost 60 pounds in 90 days.  There were a few close calls but Courtney comes from hardy stock. Growing up in Zanesville, Ohio, a part of the Appalachians, in the 50s,...

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Veteran Elwyn Jenkins: He Channeled His Frustrations for Good Works as a Local Pastor By Christina Swanson “As an African-American Marine veteran, when I look back at how God watched over me and brought me safely through the tours in Okinawa and Vietnam, and the segment of the history of this nation in turmoil, for me to be promoted three times in less than three years was an example of how knowing and living the regulations, and determination and hard work, can pay off,” said Pastor Elwyn Jenkins. A Jacksonville native who attended Stanton Vocational High School in the early...

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Nicole Theriault: Local Neace High School Graduate Now Navy Flight Surgeon By Christina Swanson   Strapped inside a metal mock cockpit box, hurled into the air and flipped upside down before crashing into the water, it’s up to you to get out of this scenario alive. Oh, and you’re also wearing blacked-out goggles. You’re not Houdini and you’re not an aircraft pilot. You’re training to be a flight medical doctor which means, other than learning how to fly the aircraft, you will train just like the air personnel do. This is not for those with a weak stomach. And to...

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Jessica Polvikoski: Devoted Guardsman Would Serve as Medic, Force Protection and School Operations Officer      By Christina Swanson With the Presidential election a recent reminder of each citizen’s right and obligation to vote, this one service member’s push to ensure all land-based deployed would be able to vote while aiding Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), during the 2004 Presidential election, illustrates her exemplary character and dedication to her country.  It was 2004 when (now retired) Major Jessica Polvikoski was mobilized with the 50th Area Support Group out of Homestead, Fla, to go to Kuwait during OIF. Although trained as a combat medic,...

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Mark McManus: From Helo Pilot to Airport Operations Officer to Community Planner & Liaison Officer By Christina Swanson When Mark McManus got his wings in 1993 and was sent to Jacksonville, he would repeatedly come back to this town which became the mainstay for the course of his life.  From initially flying H-60s at N.A.S. JAX, to returning as lieutenant commander as a squadron department head and meeting his future wife, he returned as the operations officer running N.A.S. JAX’s airport. Returning again, he next joined the admiral’s staff overseeing 11 different Naval airports, and after retiring from service, now...

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After five years of serving the active military community, their families, local Veterans and allies on The Liberty Coast, it is time for a new Owner / Publisher. With the help of so many individuals and companies such as you, we have become the most respected voice for our audience with Veteran profiles, Pro-Military Event calendars and On-Base Event listings. When the new Owner / Publisher is chosen I hope you will support their second generation of Liberty Life Media with the same enthusiasm you have shown me. Until then, there will be no announced date for the next print edition. I...

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