(Photo of LT j.g. Carter Macmurdo provide by the US Navy Outreach Office)

Story by Beaver County Radio Staff
(Corpus Christi, Texas.) 2016 Ellwood City Graduate and 2020 U.S. Naval Academy graduate Lt. j.g. Carter Macmurdo is currently serving in the U.S. Navy. The LT is currently stationed at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas. He is a student pilot with Training Squadron 31, an advanced multi-engine training squadron.
Macmurdo said in the release that “He always knew He wanted to serve, and the Navy seemed to be the best fit to do that”
The air training program focuses on the increased complexity of today’s aircraft. After successfully completing the rigorous program, he will earn the coveted “Wings of Gold.”
After graduation, He will continue training to learn how to fly a one of many specific aircrafts that take off from and land on Navy aircraft carriers at sea.
Macmurdo said that “Serving in the Navy is a way I can give back to a country that has provided so much for me and my family. I love this country and everything that it stands for. I’m proud to serve every day.”
Macmurdo is grateful to loved ones back in Ellwood City for helping make a Navy career possible.