Midshipman 1st Class Mahinalani Vongsy receives her ensign shoulder boards from her parents during a commissioning ceremony aboard the Battleship Missouri Memorial, Dec. 15, 2023; Vongsy, who commissioned at the University of Hawaiʻi (UH) at Mānoa Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) as the program's first graduate and was recently hailed as a trailblazer for the nation’s newest program that keeps racking up milestones: it graduated the first three Marines this past May, it increased the number of enrolled cadets by more than 400%. Vongsy is training to become a surface warfare officer (SWO) aboard the USS Shiloh (CG 67). “I couldn't have been prouder that she represents us as the first surface warfare officer that we produce,” said Commander Phillip Moore, executive officer of the four-year-old NROTC program at UH at Mānoa. “Now she's out there in the fleet representing her alma mater and this NROTC unit with distinction.” A surface warfare officer with 22 years of U.S. Navy service, Moore oversaw the development of the NROTC classes. (U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Ensign Mahinalani Vongsy)
| Date Taken: | 12.15.2023 |
| Date Posted: | 08.27.2025 22:37 |
| Photo ID: | 9281932 |
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| Location: | JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, HAWAII, US |
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