Guilford, NY Native Serves Aboard “Mighty Cole” During Ceremony

A remembrance ceremony will be conducted at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, on Oct. 12, commemorating the 20-year anniversary of the terrorist attack on the USS Cole. The ceremony will honor the 17 shipmates who lost their lives in service to their country.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Jarrett Black, a 2007 Bainbridge-Guilford High School graduate and native of Guilford, New York, is serving aboard USS Cole, a guided-missile destroyer, that was bombed by a suicide attack while being refueled in Yemen’s Aden harbor.