By Chief Mass Communication Specialist Bill Steele, Navy Office of Community Outreach

SAN DIEGO – A 2010 Channel View High School graduate and Houston native is serving in the U.S. Navy with Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron Weapons School Pacific at Naval Station North Island in Coronado, California.

Petty Officer 1st Class Jorge Diaz is a Navy intelligence specialist serving at the school, which trains sailors to successfully be a part of a versatile squadron that’s capable of completing a number of important missions for the Navy with the MH-60S “Knighthawk” helicopter.

A Navy intelligence specialist is responsible for providing intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, and special warfare support for the command.

“I help create operational briefs showing where ships, submarines and hostile aircraft are in the battlespace," Diaz said. “We provide life or death intelligence information to the command.”

Diaz credits success in the Navy to many of the lessons learned in Houston.

“Being in Houston, there are a lot of chemical plants and refineries, so the slightest mistake could have a big impact,” Diaz said. “I learned to take your job seriously, that's helped me a lot in the Navy.”

The command also provides sailors training for all-weather rotary wing operations, anti-surface warfare, special operations forces support, combat search and rescue, vertical lift search and rescue and logistical support.

“The chain of command here has your best interests, they will support your goals both in the military and outside,” Diaz said. “They don't restrain you from accomplishing your goals.”

Though there are many ways for sailors to earn distinction in their command, community, and career, Diaz is most proud of twice being named Junior Sailor of the Year at previous commands.

“It was a big accomplishment,” Diaz said. “It shows you stand out from the rest of your peers at your command.”

As a member of one of the U.S. Navy’s most relied upon assets, Diaz and other sailors know they are part of a legacy that will last beyond their lifetimes, one that will provide a critical component of the Navy the nation needs.

“Serving in the Navy gives me an opportunity to give back to the country, the country that allowed my parents to come here and I feel an obligation to repay that debt,” Diaz said.By Chief Mass Communication Specialist Bill Steele, Navy Office of Community Outreach

U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Alex Diaz

SAN DIEGO – A 2010 Channel View High School graduate and Houston native is serving in the U.S. Navy with Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron Weapons School Pacific at Naval Station North Island in Coronado, California.

Petty Officer 1st Class Jorge Diaz is a Navy intelligence specialist serving at the school, which trains sailors to successfully be a part of a versatile squadron that’s capable of completing a number of important missions for the Navy with the MH-60S “Knighthawk” helicopter.

A Navy intelligence specialist is responsible for providing intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, and special warfare support for the command.

“I help create operational briefs showing where ships, submarines and hostile aircraft are in the battlespace," Diaz said. “We provide life or death intelligence information to the command.”

Diaz credits success in the Navy to many of the lessons learned in Houston.

“Being in Houston, there are a lot of chemical plants and refineries, so the slightest mistake could have a big impact,” Diaz said. “I learned to take your job seriously, that's helped me a lot in the Navy.”

The command also provides sailors training for all-weather rotary wing operations, anti-surface warfare, special operations forces support, combat search and rescue, vertical lift search and rescue and logistical support.

“The chain of command here has your best interests, they will support your goals both in the military and outside,” Diaz said. “They don't restrain you from accomplishing your goals.”

Though there are many ways for sailors to earn distinction in their command, community, and career, Diaz is most proud of twice being named Junior Sailor of the Year at previous commands.

“It was a big accomplishment,” Diaz said. “It shows you stand out from the rest of your peers at your command.”

As a member of one of the U.S. Navy’s most relied upon assets, Diaz and other sailors know they are part of a legacy that will last beyond their lifetimes, one that will provide a critical component of the Navy the nation needs.

“Serving in the Navy gives me an opportunity to give back to the country, the country that allowed my parents to come here and I feel an obligation to repay that debt,” Diaz said.