Arlington native serves on USS Antietam

Published 1:30 am Saturday, December 2, 2017

YOKOSUKA, JAPAN — Ensign Alvin Abes, a 2012 Arlington High School graduate, serves in the U.S. Navy aboard the guided missile cruiser, USS Antietam.

Abes is an electronic warfare officer aboard the forward-deployed Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser operating out of Yokosuka, Japan. Antietam is one of three cruisers forward-deployed in Yokosuka.

A Navy electronic warfare officer is responsible for ensuring that the early warning radar on the ship is operational, according to a U.S. Navy profile of Abes.

“I learned the value of hard work from growing up as a child, which carries over to my Navy career every day,” said Abes.

Abes’ father was in the Navy for 20 years as a gas turbine systems technician.

“He was one of the driving factors why I joined the Navy because I saw that joining the Navy helped him and decided I would like to do the same,” Abes said.

Read more at tinyurl.com/AbesProfile.

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