Photo By Sgt. Grace L. Waladkewics | Sgt. Joshua T. Adkins-Setty and family stand in front of a Christmas tree after the...... read more read more
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NEW BERN, N.C. - Sgt. Joshua T. Adkins-Setty and his family received the New Bern Military Family of the Quarter Award during a ceremony at the New Bern Golf and Country Club Dec. 12.
The New Bern Military Alliance Committee as well as local sponsors and military members expressed their appreciation for the Adkins-Setty family and their volunteer efforts with their church and community. As presidents of a youth organization, they act as mentors to more than 100 young adults. The family also volunteers their time assisting new community members settling in to the local area and dedicate four hours monthly to an elderly woman with no local family.
On top of his duties as a father of three boys, a husband and a certified quality assurance representative for the airframes shop with Marine Transport Squadron 1, Adkins-Setty is a volunteer scout leader for a Boy Scout troop in New Bern. As a scout leader, Adkins-Setty mentors 27 scouts, organizing and overseeing weekend campouts, merit badge clinics, trips and weekly community service projects.
“It is so important to keep our children involved with our volunteering because they are the future of the community,” said Adkins-Setty. “If we teach them to serve now, the community will be a better place later.”
The New Bern MAC recognizes an outstanding service member and their family each quarter for extraordinary military and community service.
“I have a deep abiding respect for what he and his family do for the community,” said Sgt. Maj. Larry J. Harrington, VMR-1 sergeant major.
Adkins-Setty performs his duties at work to the highest standard, said Harrington. No one can top what this family does, he said.
“Thank you for the great inspiration you are to men and women. You represent that top ten percent, and I am proud to have you as part of VMR-1 and be able to say you are one of my Marines,” said Harrington.
| Date Taken: | 12.12.2013 |
| Date Posted: | 12.19.2013 09:14 |
| Story ID: | 118444 |
| Location: | NEW BERN, NC, NC, US |
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