America’s Navy awards $360K in Scholarships to San Antonio Twins [Image 2 of 5]

SAN ANTONIO, TX, UNITED STATES

05.25.2021

Photo by Burrell Parmer 

Commander, Navy Recruiting Command

SAN ANTONIO – (May 25, 2021) Cadet Lt. Col. Kalvin Rodriguez Rivera, of San Antonio, a senior attending Highlands High School, was awarded the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) Scholarship in the amount of $180,000 during a special presentation held at the school. Presenting the award were Naval Aviators Capt. Davis Koss, of Orange Park, Fla., chairman of Naval Science at the University of Texas and Lt. Maressa Guynn, of Uniontown, Penn., an aviation instructor at the university where Rodriguez Rivera will attend in the fall along with his twin brother, Cadet 1st Lt. Kelvin Rodriguez Rivera, who also was awarded a NROTC Scholarship. The Navy offers several scholarship programs to help pay for school so a person can enjoy a normal college life and focus on their studies before starting a career in the Navy. Through these programs, a person will enter the Navy in a leadership position as a commissioned officer. Officers in the Navy have responsibilities that include anything from low-level management to the highest levels of command. For more information about the NROTC Scholarship program, visit www.navy.com. Navy Talent Acquisition Group (NTAG) San Antonio’s area of responsibility includes two Talent Acquisition Onboarding Centers (TAOC) which manage more than 34 Navy Recruiting Stations and Navy Officer Recruiting Stations spread throughout 144,000 square miles of Central and South Texas territory. (U.S. Navy photo by Burrell Parmer, NTAG San Antonio Pubilc Affairs/Released)

• Date Taken: 05.25.2021
• Date Posted: 05.26.2021 00:11
• Photo ID: 6663070
• VIRIN: 210525-N-ND850-0003
• Resolution: 2800x2000
• Size: 1.66 MB
• Location: SAN ANTONIO, TX, US
• Hometown: ORANGE PARK, FL, US
• Hometown: SAN ANTONIO, TX, US
• Hometown: UNIONTOWN, PA, US