Commodore Navy Recruiting Command Region West Capt. Tommy L. Edgeworth congratulates Cmdr. Joseph T. Gilligan, a native of Long Beach, California, after he relieved Cmdr. Elizabeth E. McMullen as commanding officer of Navy Talent Acquisition Group (NTAG) Southwest. NTAG Southwest held it’s change-of-command ceremony on the USS Midway Museum ship flight deck on Jan. 3. NTAG Southwest’s area of responsibility encompasses more than 210,000 square miles covering southern California, southern Nevada and western Arizona. Headquartered at Naval Base Point Loma, the command has 43 recruiting stations. The command employs more than 320 Sailors and civilian personnel. (U.S. Navy photo by Todd J. Hack)

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Sofie Fransen is the Editor-in-Chief of The Coronado News. She graduated from Point Loma Nazarene University, majoring in English-Education and minoring in Journalism. She was the Opinion Editor of The Point student newspaper. In the summers, she has been commercial fishing for the sockeye salmon run in Alaska. She can be reached by email or at +1 (619) 990-8465.