{"id":390941,"date":"2026-07-29T18:54:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T18:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/390941\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T18:54:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T18:54:15","slug":"san-antonio-sailor-represents-u-s-navy-in-worlds-largest-maritime-exercise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/390941\/","title":{"rendered":"San Antonio sailor represents U.S. Navy in world&#8217;s largest maritime exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A San Antonio native is representing the Alamo City while taking part in the world&#8217;s largest international maritime exercise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Airman Frederick Ramirez, a Southside High School graduate, is serving aboard the USS Essex during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2026, a massive training exercise in and around the Hawaiian Islands involving more than 25,000 personnel from 31 nations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ramirez, who joined the Navy a year ago, said he was inspired to serve by his uncle, a Korean War veteran, while also hoping to take advantage of the Navy&#8217;s education benefits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As an aviation boatswain&#8217;s mate (handling), Ramirez helps prepare aircraft for movement, launch and recovery, supporting safe and efficient flight deck operations during the multinational exercise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Growing up in a household with six siblings helped prepare him for Navy life, Ramirez said, teaching him the importance of teamwork, patience and looking out for others.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Serving in the Navy has opened the door to countless opportunities for personal and professional growth,&#8221; Ramirez said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ramirez said he plans to pursue a college degree while serving and thanked his parents and siblings for their support throughout his journey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A San Antonio native is representing the Alamo City while taking part in the world&#8217;s largest international maritime&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390942,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[137687,137689,137690,137688,28934,82,84,83],"class_list":["post-390941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-airman-frederick-ramirez","tag-maritime-exercise","tag-mass-communication-specialist","tag-multinational-exercise","tag-navy","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=390941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}