Lt. Corey Drozdowski, whose family lives in Barnegat Township, is one of the sailors continuing a 123-year tradition of service under the sea aboard the USS Springfield, operating out of Naval Base Guam.
Drozdowski, a 2008 graduate of Houston High School in Germantown, Tenn., joined the Navy nine years ago. He graduated from Georgia Tech in 2013 and Duke University in 2018.
“I joined the Navy to follow in my father’s footsteps,” said Drozdowski.
Today, he serves as a weapons officer responsible for overseeing operations and operational maintenance of all weapons…
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