Local Community honors high school graduates choosing to server
Master Chief Petty Officer Kyucca Ali-Simpson, senior enlisted advisor for the National Security Agency Hawaii, speaks to military recruits, military and local community members who have gathered to honor and recognize 130 military enlistees during the Our Community Salutes recognition ceremony on the USS Battleship Missouri Memorial, May 21, 2016. Our Community Salutes of Hawaii is a community based initiative to recognize and honor graduating high school seniors, who plan to join the Armed Forces after graduation. Service members, military veterans, community leaders, educators and businessmen and women used the ceremony as an opportunity to recognize the enlistees and their families for stepping up to join the one percent of Americans who serve in the military. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Aaron Oelrich/Released)