Dennis was nominated by Keith Alwardt:
Petty Officer Dennis Alwardt (New York Native) has been serving his country in the US Navy for 12 Years.
He grew up in Batavia, NY 14020 and after high school he enlisted in the US Navy to become a Seabees aka the Fighting Bees. He has been a CE which is a Construction Electrician. Since he has been in he has serve his country on more then 5 deployments to high risk areas like Afghanistan and Somalia where he earned 2 Army Commendation Medals for his work with Joint Task Force and The Navy SEAL teams. He loves what he does and is the father of 3 beautiful boys (Landen, Tanner and Jaxon.) and a Husband to his wife Chelsea. They have stuck by him through his deployments and time away from home.
Petty Officer Alwardt’s work ethic with the military and his Home life puts his achievements and accomplishments up on a shelf when he is home and continues to strive to better himself for his family and for his country. He is my big brother and a role model to all who know him and one I strive to resemble after my continuance of service (10 years so far in the Navy). For all the work he does for his family and country please consider and or choose him for WNOR/FM99’s Military Hero of the Week.