Courtesy Photo | Alaska National Guard | 08.09.2023
Retired U.S. Navy Chief Warrant Officer 4 Solomon Atkinson quietly waits in his wheelchair wearing his SEAL insignia, an eagle perched on a horizontal three-pronged trident, clutching a pistol, with an upright anchor, on his purple beret and decade’s worth of ribbons adorning his jacket before receiving the Alaska Governor’s Veteran Advocacy Award during a ceremony in Metlakatla, Alaska,......
Courtesy Photo | Alaska National Guard | 08.09.2023
A family photo of Solomon Atkinson shows him smiling. Atkinson would go on to become one of the first U.S. Navy SEALs, complete 22 years of active Naval service and retire in 1973 as Chief Warrant Officer 4. (Photo courtesy of Maria Hayward)...
Photo by Samuel Shavers | U.S. Navy | 09.02.2015
150902-N-AC887-009 AMES, Iowa. (Sept. 2, 2015) Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Ray Mabus signs a graphic representation of the Navy's newest Virginia-class attack submarine, the future USS Iowa (SSN 797) at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. Mabus thanked the people of Iowa for their support and contributions to the Navy and discussed the special bond that exists between a state and its......
