Team leader who thwarted pirate attack honored as Sailor of the Year

I have been tasked to board with a team and go there and be the way of communication between

visit board station Caesar team and the pirates. There's a lot of unknowns going through your head when you're doing a boarding

You definitely are keeping a sharp eye out. All my team had guns except me

My guns at the time was just a megaphone. All the time that my team was going on the boat

I was directing the pirates just to pay attention to me. If they kept all the pirates focusing with me

that's a good way to keep my team safe. So I was actually just giving commands to all the pirates

to keep eyes on me, always eyes on me, and even maintain your hands off

Because when your hands are up, you cannot do anything. It was a controlled environment when he took charge

As the translator, he stepped up and put everybody at ease. I was extremely thankful that we had Yamo and Elverone with us during the boarding of Central Park

His abilities to communicate with our detainees did us a huge favor. So we started to trust Transparency Pilots one by one

We basically took them back to Mason. They said, hey, we got people coming back

I said, I got a ladder rigged. During all that time, we were actually providing daily medical evaluation for them We were providing religious services me They were kept on board for probably about a month

My first moment actually was coming back from deployment with all my team having the dress whites

and we see all our families waiting for us on the pier

El Jaron, his role in regards to it was above and beyond

They were able to carry out a full work list along with flight quarters, along with evolutions, and keep 22 other sailors safe

Try as much as possible not to drop the line in the water. He taught us a lot, even as officers, and he was also the one that was just taking in all the information he could

using that to bring himself up and then pass it on to the next generation. Kind of sad we don't have that anymore

We don't get to see him on the bridge passing his 1MC announcements and doing his awesome driving that he usually does

We'll definitely miss BM1L around. Not about me. It's all about the teamwork

Everybody's had a specific job in the ship, and when we do our job, it ends up that we're actually always saving the ship

Sounds good. Sounds good, chief. I think my mission, it will never end until I come back from deployment

Nick can sure every sailor is coming back. They're able to meet with their families

Everything we do, it means nothing until we keep the ship safe and the sailors safe