Hookstown native competes for Commander, Navy Installations Command’s Sailor of the Year

Petty Officer 1st Class Damon Haney, a native of Hookstown, Pennsylvania, was selected as a 2021 Commander, Navy Installations Command’s (CNIC) Shore Enterprise Sailor of the Year finalist.CNIC announced the award during a ceremony at the National Museum of the U.S. Navy on board the historic Washington Navy Yard, May 11. Haney was one of four finalists for the award. The 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.  Haney joined the Navy 12 years ago. “I joined to get out of my hometown and see the world,” said Haney. 

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With more than 90 percent of all trade traveling by sea, and 95 percent of the world’s international phone and internet traffic carried through fiber optic cables lying on the ocean floor, Navy officials continue to emphasize that the prosperity and security of the United States is directly linked to a strong and ready Navy.