Navy Gold Star Coordinator Support

Aaron loved serving his country and he also very much loved his wife Jennifer and his daughter Olivia Jane. She turned six years old and three weeks later her daddy was gone, as Aaron ended up taking his life. Olivia is tall, blonde and has her daddy’s crystal blue eyes. Aaron loved to restore old cars and on the back window of each one he had the saying “Character Still Counts”. He loved the outdoors, the beach, live concerts, Japanese food and fishing. He loved spending time with his girls and making them special videos with some of his favorite music. He also mentored many Junior Officers wanting them to do better and to succeed. He was a man of integrity, had deep faith and trusted God.

Tevin LeMar Spencer was 26 years old when he passed. He was a warrior from the Navajo Nation. His clans were Red Bottom, Bitter Water, Many Goats, and Towering House Peoples. He excelled in sports and academics in high school, he was offered a full ride scholarship to Brown University but wanted to see the world. He enjoyed endurance races, fishing, and being with his children. He loved coming home to the Navajo reservation to be with family, eat traditional foods, and enjoy the outdoors. He was married at a young age to his high school sweetheart, Kaylee Hatathle, and they have three children:  Maia, Myla, and Tevin, Jr. (TJ).  He was an Aviation Ordinance man who served at the Naval Air Station-Oceana base in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He is survived by his parents, Olivia Lansing and Anthony Spencer. His sister, Nizhoni Spencer and niece, Kyrie Hinojos Garcia and his family. 

PO2 Dwight F. Rogers, Jr. was the son of Dwight F. Rogers, Sr., and the late Tina L. Rogers. He was also the son of Karen L. Meadows-Rogers. Growing up, Dwight played sports with his siblings Arin and Alexis, whether football or track. He sang in the chorus with his brother and had a lovely singing voice. Dwight was known for his witty personality. Academically, he was in the Gifted and Talented program all through school and enrolled in honors and AP classes. His love for engineering began in middle school when he participated in a robotics camp and later in PMECS (Partners for Minorities in Engineering and Computer Science) at the University of South Carolina – Columbia Campus. He decided that he wanted to be a Mechanical Engineer. As a student at Spartanburg High School, he enrolled in engineering classes at Daniel Morgan Technology Center. Dwight graduated in the top thirty percent of his graduating class and received academic honors. After graduating from high school, he continued his education on a full scholarship at South Carolina State University for Mechanical Engineering and Track and Field. Dwight was a Triathlete and was very good at the triple jump. After two years in college, he decided to serve his country and joined the Navy. He graduated top of his class in boot camp out of 699 recruits!

Dwight was the life of the party, and we miss him every day. There’s not one day we do not think about him.  He was a son, a brother, a father of three, a husband, a nephew, and a friend. May his legacy live forever in the hearts of those who knew him.

Chief Petty Officer Huse, was a Special Operations Independent Duty Corpsman. He joined the Navy at 21 in 2006 and served as a Corpsman for 9 or 10 years before joining Special Forces.  He served a total of 19 years and went on 8 combat deployments before he passed.  He was very intense, loyal and brave, yet selfless beyond measure. He was born and raised in California and served at 29 Palms and Camp Pendleton.  In 2020 he transferred to Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. He had always wanted to have a family of his own and in his final years he was a loving son, husband, son-in-law and father to 2 beautiful girls and was in search of his Norwegian roots. He is sorely missed on a daily basis and never will be replaced.