U.S. Marine Corps Second Lieutenant Isaac Gomez

U.S. Marine Corps Second Lieutenant Isaac Gomez son of Letica Gomez, graduated from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD on May 26, 2017 and was commissioned as an Officer in the U.S. Marine Corps. 2nd Lt. Gomez successfully completed four years of intensive academic, physical, and professional training, resulting in a Bachelor of Science Degree with a major in International Relations. As a graduate of the Naval Academy, 2nd Lt. Gomez completed a four-year, total immersion program where a strong, balanced academic program, focused on the educational needs of the Navy and Marine Corps, is superimposed on a strict, professional military training environment emphasizing the development of leadership skills. Following graduation, 2nd Lt. Gomez has been assigned to Marine Corp Basic Officer School in Quantico, Virginia where he will continue training in a Ground Specialty and then proceed to duty station where he will begin service with U.S. Marine Corps.

Considered one of the top educational institutions in the country, the U.S. Naval Academy was founded in 1845 and has graduated more than 60,000 men and women as Naval and Marine Corps Officers. Its graduates include 4,000 Admirals and Generals, one President, 200 members of Congress, three Governors, 73 Medal of Honor winners, one Nobel Prize winner, and 40 Astronauts.

The Naval Academy currently has more than 4,000 students who comprise the Brigade of Midshipmen and who come from every state in the union.

2nd Lt. Gomez is a 2013 graduate of Fillmore High School.