My Story
A native of Bronx, New York, Brian Morales began learning about photography and mass communication at Mt. Vernon High School, graduating in June 2001. He then enlisted in the U.S. Navy Aug. 28, 2002, and attended Recruit Training at Great Lakes, Illinois.
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Morales was promoted to chief mass communication specialist on Sept. 14, 2018. He was requested by name to join the Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC) Public Affairs team where he served as a public affairs supervisor for the 70 Navy shore bases within CNICs 10 regions prior to retirement.
Testimonials
”I always valued your counsel, your honesty, your good humor, but most especially your calm nature. Because whenever anything got tense, I looked over at you. And if you were calm, I knew things were going to be just fine.”
Rick Chernitzer
“You were diligent at what you did. You ran the photo job incredibly well. I was proud to say that I worked with you [on the Lincoln].”
Joel Huval
”He was really passionate about photography and it was definitely obvious that he was honing his craft and he wanted to be great at it. He was really eager to teach as well. It was really important [to him] that all the things he knew and that he was learning that he was also teaching and making sure that I knew it and the other junior sailors knew it.”
Lauren Howes
”Providing the picture, providing the news and especially during a COVID environment, you definitely allowed us to project that message and we thank you for that.”
Tony Pena