Obama congratulates Bootheel native

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Josh White, left, son of Lindsey and Valerie White of Pascola, Mo., is congratulated by President Barack Obama, right, as he is commissioned as Second Lieutenant from the Naval Academy. White is the grandson of Mary Margaret Turnage of Kennett.

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The Navy rank of a newly commissioned officer is Ensign (Second Lieutenant is the equivalent rank in the Army, Air Force & Marines). Thought someone at the DDD should know this. That little bit of information aside, my congratulations to Mr. & Mrs. White, you should be very proud of your son's accomplishment.

-- Posted by KHS1964 on Thu, Jul 2, 2009, at 10:28 AM

I am the mother of Josh White. A graduate of the United States Naval Academy has a choice of being commissioned as an Ensign in the Navy or a 2nd Lt in the Marine Corp because the U.S. Marine Corp is a branch of the Department of the Navy. 264 graduates of USNA are chosen each year to be commissioned in the U.S. Marine Corp if they choose to be a Marine. My son'choice was to be a marine. He is currently at the basic school for marine officers in Quantico VA. DDD did not make a mistake. The uniform he is wearing in the picture is the Marine Corp Dress Blues, Navy graduates wear white.

-- Posted by Valerie White on Thu, Jul 2, 2009, at 9:59 PM

Thanks, I stand corrected. Semper Fi!

-- Posted by KHS1964 on Fri, Jul 3, 2009, at 5:18 PM

Been friends of the family for years, congratulations to a deserving young man.

-- Posted by changedname on Sun, Jul 12, 2009, at 6:59 PM