Lighthouse

Scholar athlete wins $1,500 commissary scholarship

Scholar athlete wins $1,500 commissary scholarship August 10, 2011 | An 18-year-old standout football player from Rio Mesa High School who sports a 4.155 grade point average is the winner of a $1,500 scholarship presented by the commissary at Naval Base Ventura County, Port Hueneme. John Tagum of Camarillo, the son of Salvador and Josefina Tagum, plans to study mechanical engineering...

High school students step into...

High school students step into CO’s boots for a day June 28, 2011 | It wasn’t like she didn’t see it, the improvised explosive device in the field, with its trip wires and trigger showing. It was the other one she didn’t see, the one she set off by remote when she turned away from...

High schoolers swap notes on a...

High schoolers swap notes on attending ‘A school’ May 18, 2011 | Half of the Channel Islands High School students who have gone through the Navy’s Construction Mechanic A School in Port Hueneme are now interning in the service departments of local car dealerships something they say probably wouldn’t have happened had...

High-schooler 'fits right in'

High-schooler ‘fits right in’ May 4, 2011 | Imagine for a moment that you’ve spent the last several years teaching young adults the ins and outs of vehicles diesel engines, steering mechanisms, suspension systems. Then one day, a 17-year-old walks into your classroom, eager to learn. Do you do anything...

A-school is nothing like high ...

A-school is nothing like high school, student discovers April 20, 2011 | They may call it school, but Andrew Geer will tell you that Construction Mechanic A-school in the Navy is nothing — nothing — like high school. “The tests are a lot different,” says the 17-year-old high school junior who’s about halfway...

19 Rio Mesa students graduate ...

19 Rio Mesa students graduate from FLAG April 20, 2011 | Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) celebrated the graduation of 19 Rio Mesa High School students from its Financial Literacy Advocates in Government (FLAG) program during a ceremony held at Naval Base Ventura County on March 29. Taught...

High school student attends 'A...

High school student attends ‘A’ School April 6, 2011 | As a 17-year-old high school junior, Andrew Geer of Oxnard is getting an A-level education. For 11 weeks, Andrew, a standout auto mechanics student at Channel Islands High School, is attending Construction Mechanic “A” School, working alongside 24 Navy and Air...