SAN ANTONIO – (Sept. 27, 2019) Ship’s Serviceman 1st

SAN ANTONIO – (Sept. 27, 2019) Ship’s Serviceman 1st Class Shannon Clifton (left) of Chicago, and Sonar Technician (Surface) 2nd Class William Dyson of Washington, D.C., assigned to Navy Recruiting Station North East volunteer at the San Antonio Food Bank. Sailors assigned to Navy Recruiting District (NRD) San Antonio journeyed to the food bank to provide community service through the Navy’s Community Relations (COMREL) Program. The team, joined by other volunteer organizations, sorted through 19,572 pounds of food which were reorganized into 15,657 meals for needy families. Navy COMREL is an overarching program which fosters community service, creates and sustains partnerships with the public at home and abroad, increases public awareness and understanding of America’s Navy. Clifton joined America’s Navy in 2005 after graduating from Oak Park and River Forest High School in Oak Park, Ill. Dyson, a 2012 graduate of Battlefield High School in Haymarket, Va., joined America’s Navy in 2014. NRD San Antonio’s area of responsibility includes more than 34 Navy Recruiting Stations and Navy Officer Recruiting Stations spread throughout 144,000 square miles of Central and South Texas territory. (U.S. Navy Photo by Burrell Parmer, Navy Recruiting District San Antonio San Antonio Public Affairs)