Bakersfield Native Serves Aboard U.S. Navy Guided-Missile Destroyer in Pearl Harbor

Petty Officer 3rd Class Nestor Rios works as a Navy fire controlman aboard the forward-deployed Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer operating out of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii.

Rios credits success in the Navy to many of the lessons learned in Bakersfield.

“Bakersfield has taught me that opportunity is given to those who seek it,” said Rios. “The possibilities are endless if you really put in the effort.”