American Legion Beaufort Post 207 brings you Beaufort’s Nicholas Young, 37, who joined the United States Marine Corps in Warsaw, Ind., in 2006. After Boot Camp in San Diego and Marine Corps Combat Training at Camp Pendleton, he received aviation technical training in Pensacola and at MCAS Cherry Point to become an ejection seat technician. He then served with a squadron at Cherry Point and made three deployments, two to the western Pacific and one to the Middle East aboard USS Essex (LHD-2), USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) and USS Wasp (LHD-1). He next served at Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas, helping to field the F-35 Lightning II. He came to MCAS Beaufort to serve with an F-35 squadron for three years. He then moved to MCAS Yuma, Ariz., with the Operation and Test squadron as the maintenance control chief. While on active duty he used the GI Bill to earn a BS degree in Business Management. In 2024 he retired as a Gunnery Sergeant and moved to Beaufort with his wife, Brianna, and their two daughters. Today he is an agent with Century 21 Coastal Town Reality on Lady’s Island.
Compiled by John Chubb, American Legion Post 207. For Veteran Of The Week nominations, contact jechubb1@gmail.com.
