Keesler sailor wins community leadership award
Margie McFarland, wife of Coast Chamber Chairman John McFarland of The Sun Herald, and Adm. Gary Roughead, chief of naval operations, applaud Petty Officer 1st Class Clarence Hartenstine II, recipient of the 2009 Thomas V. Fredian Community Leadership Award at the annual Salute to the Military, Oct. 13 at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum and Convention Center in Biloxi. Petty Officer Hartenstine is an instructor and community service coordinator for the Keesler Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit. Admiral Roughead was the guest speaker for the annual event hosted by the Mississippi Gulf Coast Chamber of Commerce. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)