Westside Story Newspaper – Online The News of The Empire – Sharing the Quest for Excellence
by Alan Nunn, Recruit Training Command Public Affairs
(EMPIRE NEWS NETWORK—ENN)– GREAT LAKES, Ill— Seaman Recruit Jasmine Recio, an Upland High School graduate and Upland, California, native, graduated as top Sailor from Recruit Training Command, Division 914, earning the Military Excellence Award on February 8.
Recio said she was honored to receive the MEA.
“I’ve been bestowed one of the greatest honors an RTC graduate can achieve, and having been compared against countless of other talented and motivated recruits in my training group, I consider it a blessing,” Recio said.
