Syracuse University’s Office for Veteran and Military Affairs and the Department of Athletics were pleased to co-host the reenlistment ceremony for AE1 Justin D. Taylorcole, an active duty Navy Non-Commissioned Officer, on Thursday, July 30, at the Carmelo K. Anthony Basketball Center.
Taylorcole, currently stationed in San Diego, Cal., is originally from Lindley, N.Y. (located in the Southern Tier). He’s been in the Navy for 15 years, having enlisted in April 2000. In 2011, Taylorcole served on the newly commissioned, nuclear powered Aircraft Carrier, the USS George H. W. Bush (CVN-77), where he participated in the ship’s first two deployments. He is currently serving as an Instructor for the H-60 Seahawk Intermediate level electrical repair course molding the young minds of newly trained technicians fresh out of initial training at the Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit North Island in San Diego, Cal.
“I am extremely thankful to Syracuse University for allowing me to have held my NAVY reenlistment ceremony at the Carmelo Center – a place where so much has been accomplished and celebrated,” said Taylorcole, an avid Syracuse University basketball fan who specifically reached out to the University in February 2015, requesting to hold this brief ceremony on campus.
According to Vice Chancellor for Veteran and Military Affairs Mike Haynie, “Holding such a ceremony for Taylorcole and his family on the Syracuse University campus demonstrates Syracuse University’s historic and continued commitment to our military, veterans and their families.”