Blue Angels Visit Del Norte High School

Both U.S. Marines and Sailors love talking to high school students, extolling the virtues of joining the world's greatest military, but it is a rar...

September 24, 2023
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Both U.S. Marines and Sailors love talking to high school students, extolling the virtues of joining the world's greatest military, but it is a rare occasion to have members of the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, visit a school to talk to young people about their culture of excellence and how they got to this point in their career's.
 Lt. Cmdr. Julius Bratton, Blue Angel #5, lead solo and operations officer as well as a native of Woodlawn, Tennessee, and Aircrew Survival Equipmentman 1st Class Brandon Gatewood, a native of Kingsland, Georgia, went to talk with students at Del Norte High School in San Diego, California Sept.

Todd Hack