American Legion Beaufort Post 207 brings you Beaufort’s Travis Storey, 38, who joined the U.S. Navy through the Navy ROTC unit at the University of South Carolina. Commissioned into the Nurse Corps in 2008, he first served for 3 years at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Va. His next duty was at Naval Hospital Pensacola from which he deployed to Afghanistan in 2012. He next saw duty at Camp Lejeune as a shock trauma nurse, deploying to Norway, the Middle East and Africa while aboard USS New York (LPD-21). Back to Virginia at Quantico, he was Officer in Charge of the clinic servicing the Marine OCS.
In response to Hurricane Maria’s devastation in Puerto Rico, he deployed aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort providing medical support to the island. He next attended Old Dominion University to earn a Masters in Education before he was assigned to the headquarters of Naval Medical Forces Atlantic in the Division of Education and Training for the Atlantic Region, including 21 hospitals and 64 operational units. He was promoted to Commander (O-5) during this tour. He now serves as the department head for Education and Training here at Naval Hospital Beaufort and its clinics at Parris Island and MCAS Beaufort.
Compiled by John Chubb, American Legion Post 207. For Veteran Of The Week nominations, contact jechubb1@gmail.com.
