Falmouth native excels aboard US warship

A Jamaican serving in the United States Navy has been recognised for outstanding performance with a meritorious promotion while stationed aboard one of the Navy’s aircraft carriers.

Lesley Ann Brown, a native of Falmouth, Trelawny, was recently advanced to the rank of petty officer third class under the Navy’s Meritorious Advancement Programme (MAP) while serving aboard the USS John C. Stennis, which is homeported in Norfolk, Virginia.

The MAP allows commanding officers to reward high-performing sailors by advancing them when they demonstrate readiness to assume greater responsibilities.