Lassiter NJROTC Instructors

Captain William C. Wilkerson

Captain William C. Wilkerson
william.wilkerson@cobbk12.org

Captain William C. Wilkerson was born in Kiln, Mississippi. He entered the Navy through the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) program at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry/Pre-Med and was commissioned an Ensign in the Naval Reserve on 4 June 1975. Captain Wilkerson’s initial division officer tours were as G- Division Officer and Weapons Administation Officer onboard USS SARATOGA (CV 60) from March 1976 to June 1978. During this tour he completed two Mediterranean Sea deployments and numerous South Atlantic operations. He was released from active duty in June 1978 and affiliated with the Naval Reserves at Naval Reserve Center, Jackson, Mississippi. Captain Wilkerson was recalled to active

duty in August 1981 in the Training and Administa- tion of Reserves (TAR) program. He served onboard USS CALOOSAHATCHEE (AO 98) as Electrical Officer and Combat Information Center Officer until February 1984. During this tour he completed one Mediterranean Sea deployment.Ordered ashore in April 1984, he assumed command of Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Center, Amarillo, Texas. Upon completion of Surface Warfare Officer Department Head School in Newport, Rhode Island, he reported to USS BLAKELY (FF 1072) as Weapons Officer from June 1986 to December 1987. He then returned to USS CALOOSAHATCHE (AO 98) as First Lieutenant from February 1988 to June 1989 where he completed another Mediterranean Sea deployment. He then served as Executive Officer and Navigator in USS FLATLEY (FFG 21) from September 1989 to December 1990.

Captain Wilkerson was assigned as Chief of Staff, Commander Naval Reserve Readiness Command Region NINE in Memphis, Tennessee from January 1991 to July 1993. While there he earned a Masters of Science in Operations Management from the University of Arkansas and was designated as Command at Sea qualified. He then served as Commander, Naval Surface Reserve Force Pacific Representative in San Diego, California from August 1993 to December 1994. He served as Fleet Support Officer, Commander, Naval Surface Reserve Force, New Orleans, Louisiana from January 1995 to July 1998. Captain Wilkerson served as Commanding Officer, Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Center, Atlanta, Georgia from August 1998 to November 2001.

He retired from active duty on 28 February 2002. From August 2002 to June 2005, he was employed as the Senior Naval Science Instructor, Navy JROTC at Forrest City High School in Forrest City, AR.

Captain Wilkerson’s awards include the Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal with two Gold Stars, Navy Commendation Medal with Gold Star, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, and various unit and service awards.

First Sergeant Lorenzo Cox

1stSgt Lorenzo Cox
lorenzo.cox@cobbk12.org

First Sergeant Lorenzo Cox was born in Columbus, Georgia in 1964. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in August 1982 and attended Recruit Training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD), Parris Island, South Carolina. Upon graduation, he attended Aviation Supply School, in Meridian, Mississippi. From 1983 to 1984, he was assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 36, Headquarters and Maintenance Squadron, Okinawa, Japan. Upon completion of this tour, he was transferred to the Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, North Carolina and was assigned to Station Operations and Engineering Squadron where he served as the Fiscal and Accounting Chief from 1984 to 1987. Following this tour he transferred to (MCAS) Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii,

Station Operations and Maintenance Squadron, where he served as the Aviation Supply Accounting Chief. Concurrent to this tour he served as an instructor at the at the Noncommissioned Officer’s School. Upon successfully completing the school, he was assigned as a Canvassing Recruiter and Noncommissioned Officer in Charge (on production) in Houston, Texas. During this tour he was promoted to Staff Sergeant.

Following a successful tour on recruiting duty, Staff Sergeant Cox was transferred to Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 29, MCAS New River, Jacksonville, North Carolina where he deployed with HMM-162 and HMM-365 on two different MEU floats to the 6th Fleet AOR. In 1988, GySgt. Cox was transferred MCAS Beaufort, South Carolina where he served as the Station Supply Chief until he was promoted to rank of First Sergeant and transferred to MCRD Parris Island in July 2001. First Sergeant Cox served as the 1stSgt for Range Company, Headquarters and Support Company and Field Training Company, Weapons and Field Training Bn. His final tour of duty was at Service Company, Headquarters and Service Battalion. His personal decorations include: Meritorious Service Medal, Navy/Marine Corps Commendation Medal, the Navy/Marine Corps Achievement Medal with 2 gold stars, and the Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal (2nd Award). He joined Lassiter as an instructor on the 10th day of January 2006.