U.S. Navy photo by Kelly Schindler
From left, Army National Guard Chief Warrant Officer 2 Salvatore Rizzo reads the oath of enlistment for his cousin Aviation Structural Mechanic 1st Class Bryan Samona during a reenlistment ceremony Sept. 20 at the National September 11 Memorial in Manhattan. Samona, who is assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 1, chose the memorial for his place of reenlistment to pay tribute to a childhood friend and mentor John Skala, a police officer whose name is etched among other heroes' at the South Pool.
