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OnHisWayTowardaCareerinMarineCorpsAviationByVirgilYoungUnitCommanderLt.AlexanderBonnymanTNDerekReimannwasamemberoftheLt.AlexanderBonnymanUnitinKnox-villeTNfrom2003to2009.Hewasthe2008DivisionThreeYoungMarineoftheYear.HeattendedAuburnUniversityonaNavyReserveOfcerTrainingCorpsscholarshipandgraduatedinDecember2013withaBachelorofSciencedegreeinBusinessAdministration.DerekcompletedtheUSMCOfcerCan-didateSchoolbetweenhisjuniorandse-nioryearsatAuburn.InhissenioryearhewasthecommandingofceroftheAuburnNROTCbattalion.HereceivedhiscommissionasaMarine2ndLieutenantinDecemberof2013.DereksayshehadneverconsideredapossiblecareerinthemilitaryuntilhebecameinvolvedwiththeYoungMarines.HedecidedhewantedtobeaMarinepilotafterattendingtheLt.BonnymanUnitsIntroductiontoNavyMarineAvia-tioneventatalocalairportandtalkingtoaformerNavyinstructorpilot.Tohelpattainthatgoalheearnedapilotsli-censebeforehegraduatedfromcollege.DerekwillbeginhisMarineCorpsca-reerbyattendingTheBasicSchoolTBSQuanticoVAforbasicMarineofcertrainingstartinginApril.Aftergraduat-ingfromTheBasicSchoolinNovember2014hewillgotoPensacolaFLfortrainingtobecomeaMarineCorpspilot.WHEREARETHEYNOW2ndLieutenantDerekW.ReimannUSMC.BeaPartoftheYoungMarinesAlumniAssociationCallingFORMERYMsWhereAreYOUNowwww.youngmarines.comAlumniByJoeBlesNationalInspectorGeneralYoungMarinesNationalHeadquartersTheactingUnitedStatesSurgeonGen-eralRearAdmiralBorisD.Lushniakre-centlyreleasedsomeverywelcomecan-cernews.Foralotofreasonsthemajorconcernsarekillers.Lungcancerbreastcancerandleukemiaaredown.ThenotsogoodnewsisSkinCancerisontherise.Skincancersmaincausecomesfromdamagingyourskinfromtoomuchsunorarticialtanning.Thisisnotjustasum-mertimeactivity.Withtanningsalonsitcanoccuranytimeoftheyear.TakeDoc-torLishniaksadviceheisadermatolo-gistWearsunprotectionwhenoutdoorsandavoidthetanningbed.InspectorGeneralsSafetyTipYearRoundCancerCarePensacolaYoungMarinesHonorLCplTravisM.NelsonLastAugusttheYoungMarinesofPensacolagatheredattheLCplTravisM.NelsonParkonFloridaHighway4tohonoroneoftheirownaformerYoungMarinewhopaidmadetheultimatesacrice.TravisNelsonofBrattFLjoinedtheYoungMarinesatage14.SomeveyearslaterhewasservingwiththeUnitedStatesMarineCorpsinHelmandProvinceinAfghanistan.ItwastherewhereNelsonlosthislifeinAugustof2011.YoungMarinesstoodsilentlyatattentionasawreathwasplacedattheparksmemorialtoNelsoninsolemntributetoaherowhodieddefendingthefreedomoffamilyfriendsandtheAmericahelovedsomuch.-CompiledfronminformationprovidedbyNorthEscambia.comWalnutHillFL.ESPRITPage29LCplTravisM.Nelson