SAN DIEGO – Airman Apprentice Giovanni Perez, a native of Mesa, Arizona, serves aboard USS Essex, a U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship operating out of San Diego, California.
Perez, who graduated from Higley High School in 2017, said the skills and values needed to succeed in the Navy are similar to those he found in Mesa.
“I learned the importance of being responsible and dependable from my construction job,” Perez said. “In the Navy, your chain of command is always counting on you, so you have to be reliable to get things done.”…