Daughter of LV couple honored at Air Force Academy graduation

Dick Benoit

Thursday, June 26, 2003 | 9:03 a.m.

Cadet First Class Naomi Y. Schwitters, daughter of Bradley and Carolyn Schwitters of Las Vegas, received the Outstanding Cadet in Political Science Award for the U.S. Air Force Academy's Class of 2003.

The award, presented in memory of Capt. Richard T. Carvolth III by the National Society, Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America, was given in recognition of Schwitters' outstanding proficiency in political science. Carvolth graduated from West Point in 1949. He stood first in general order of merit in his graduating class and received a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford.

Schwitters received a bachelor of science degree and a commission as an Air Force second lieutenant May 28, during the academy's 45th graduation ceremony.

Schwitters, along with her classmates, increases the number of academy graduates who have served throughout the Air Force to 35,998.

Since 1959 academy graduates have served as pilots, navigators, engineers and maintenance officers, as well as professionals in a number of other technical fields.

The Air Force Academy provides a balanced program of military training, academics, athletics and character development. Recognized as one of the finest colleges in the nation, the academy's curriculum allows cadets to acquire a broad education in the basic and engineering sciences, social sciences and the humanities, and to choose from among 30 academic majors.

Warrior of the Week

A citizen soldier was selected as one of Nellis Air Force Base's Warriors of the Week and was featured in the base's weekly newspaper, the Bullseye, last week. Army Specialist Jeremy Jensen is serving as a security forces member with the 99th Security Forces Squadron at the base.

He is a 1999 graduate of Las Vegas High School and the son of Michael and Rebecca Jensen of Las Vegas.

In civilian life Jensen is a security officer at the MGM Grand. MGM MIRAGE was one of several businesses recently honored by the Nevada Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve for excellent support of employees serving on active duty in the war on terrorism.

In brief

Mason, Halladay and Marquez are among more than 4,000 Pacific Fleet sailors and Marines who deployed aboard the ships of the USS Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group.