Manchester Native Named Junior Sailor While Serving with Navy

Logan Ross is a 2022 South Dearborn HS graduate.

Logan Ross. Photo via American Connections Media Outreach.

(Millington, Tenn.) - Petty Officer 3rd Class Logan Ross, a native of Manchester, Indiana, was recently selected as Junior Sailor of the Quarter (JSOQ) for Naval Medical Readiness Logistics Command Detachment Naval Ophthalmic Readiness Activity Yorktown (NMRLC DET NORA Yorktown). Ross' parents, Keenan and Dawn Ross, live in Aurora, Indiana.

JSOQ is an award given to an enlisted sailor in the Navy who is in the pay grade of E-4. The award recognizes sailors who demonstrate sustained superior performance. 

Ross is a 2022 graduate of South Dearborn High School. He joined the Navy two years ago. 

"Growing up with a blue-collar father and a mother who juggled a job, college and three (eventually four) childeren successfully, I understood the value of a high work ethic at a young age," Ross said. "From my great-grandfather running a farm his entire life, getting up very early and working all day no matter the weather, I learned the importance of consistency and discipline. I also learned two very useful and important skills from my soccer coach, Jon Wismann, which were to embrance the suck and to adapt to your circumstances. Those lessons come in handy quite often."

Today, Ross serves as a hosptial corspman responsible for providing medical care to Navy and Marine Corps personnel and their families.

"To be honest, I just knew I wanted to be a corpsman," Ross said. "I've always had a passion for helping people and I love being part of a team. I get the fulfillment of helping people from being a corpsman and I get the team aspect I thrive in by being a sailor in the U.S. Navy."