By MC1 (SW/AW) John Smolinski
Sailors assigned to Naval Air Station Jacksonville, tenant commands and their guests celebrated the Navy’s 239th birthday at the base’s River Cove Conference and Catering Center Oct. 10.
Former NASA astronaut and retired Navy Capt. Jon McBride, this year’s guest speaker, talked about how his naval career got started through a chance encounter with a man in a blue flight suit with gold wings.