Captain Lena Kaman will relieve Captain Todd Bruemer as commanding officer of Naval Air Station/Joint Reserve Base New Orleans at a change of command ceremony Aug. 5. Kaman was raised in Shawano, Wisconsin, and a member of the NROTC at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in August 1996. After graduating in May 2000, she reported to flight school in Pensacola, Fla. She was designated as a Naval Aviator in March 2002. Following her first fleet tour, Kaman reported to HT-18 at NAS Whiting Field, Fla., in January 2006 as an instructor pilot in the TH-57 helicopter. During the tour, she was awarded the Pensacola Lions Club HT-18 Instructor of the Year for 2007. She served as Training Air Wing Five’s TH-57 Standardization Officer from June 2008 through August 2009. She transitioned to the Navy’s Full Time Support community in February 2009. CDR Kaman became a member of America’s Squadron, HT-8, in August 2009. She was awarded the Association of the United States Navy Full Time Support Officer of the Year for all Chief of Naval Air Training squadrons for 2010. In 2011, she earned her Master of Aeronautical Science Degree from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. (Source: NAS/JRB New Orleans & NHA historical society 08/02/22)
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