Petty Officer First Class Brian Allocca, a native of Hopkinsville, has been chosen as the 2021 Commander, Navy Installations Command’s Shore Enterprise Sailor of the Year.
According to a news release, the designation was announced during a ceremony at the National Museum of the U.S. Navy on board the historic Washington Navy Yard on May 11. There were four finalists for the award and sailors competed in a final board that tallied traits in job performance, contributions to command climate, peer group involvement, educational accomplishments, physical fitness standards and participation in community service activities.
Allocca joined the Navy 13 years ago and says, “My family has a history of service, from my great-grandfather and grandfather serving in the British Army in WWII, to my father serving in the Navy during Vietnam. I wanted to continue that tradition of service.”