HT-8 leadership command change

MILTON, Fla. – Cmdr. Jessica Parker, commanding officer of Helicopter Training Squadron Eight (HT-8) will relinquish command to her current executive officer, Cmdr. Lena Kaman, in a change of command ceremony onboard Naval Air Station Whiting Field on June 7. Parker and Kaman are the first female team to command a helicopter training squadron together. Kaman is also the first full time support officer, an active duty Navy Reservist, to take command of a training squadron at Whiting. HT-8 is one of three helicopter squadrons at NASWF that trains 100 percent of all rotary pilots for the Navy, Coast Guard, and Marines to the successful completion of obtaining their Wings of Gold. (Source: NAS Whiting Field media notice 05/31/19)