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Navy Turpin Brothers Every year, families do their best to get together and celebrate the holiday season. This isn’t the easiest thing to do because of distance, or work, or the inevitable flight delay. For a Navy family, it can be even harder, especially when the Sailors double as brothers, stationed in parts of the country with the third one. This Christmas, Jonovan, Ethan and Ayden Turpin were back in the same house in which they grew up in city of Gresham, which is about 20 minutes east of Portland, Oregon. AD2 Jonovan Turpin was on leave from the Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). Electronics Technician Seaman Apprentice (ETSA) Ethan Turpin was home for the holiday en route to ET "A" school. The youngest, Ayden Turpin, will leave for basic on June 30, 2025, after graduating from Reynolds High School.
Since he was young, AD2 Jonovan Turpin knew that he wanted to serve in the military. Joining the Navy was, for him, a lifelong dream. For Ethan Turpin, it was a bit different. “I joined primarily for him (Jonovan) and the benefits,” he said. “I thought it was pretty cool a lot of our older family members, like grandpas, had been in the Navy and Marines. I just thought it would be cool to join and follow in my brother’s footsteps.” Ayden Turpin pondered joining the Navy for years and when he did, it came as a bit of a surprise to the middle brother. ‘Honestly, I was kind of surprised but when I heard that, I was proud of him,” Ethan Turpin said. “I wanted him to go for it. I thought it would give him something more than just going to school, doing homework all the time. When he told me I really wanted to help him out, what he needed to know for boot camp, what exercises that can really help him, I just wanted to really motivate him to get in." The three brothers have always been there to motivate each other, look out for one another and now to ensure they all have success in the Navy. This comes as no surprise to the eldest member of the Turpin family ... their father. “They have always been best buds, always hanging out, always paying basketball, riding bikes, doing sports together,” Ryan Turpin said. “It doesn’t surprise me that they’d all want to do the next level together, too.” The brothers have talked about the possibility of being stationed near each other, perhaps being stationed together in a place like Florida, or on the west coast. “That would of course be nice and something I’d want in the future,” Ayden Turpin said. “It’s good to stay close with family” In the Navy, Jonovan Turpin stressed that the ‘Turpin Boys’ are in this together and that success is a team effort! While his sentiments are echoed by the most junior of the trio, Ethan Turpin hints that there is still a lot of competition. Currently, Jonovan is a Second Class Machinist Mate, though he has expressed an interest in earning an officer commission, and Ethan is headed to Electronics Technician A School. “My rate, they rank up pretty quick,” he said. “(Jonovan) better “It’s a group effort ... Until I go Officer and you have to call me Sir,” Jonovan Turpin thinks about that for a second, looking at both of his brothers seated around the kitchen table then adds, "I wouldn’t want that ... that’d be so weird.” ---------------------- Navy Talent Acquisition Group (NTAG) Portland is headquartered in Portland, Oregon, and operates two Navy Officer Recruiting stations and 17 Navy Recruiting stations located throughout northern California, western Idaho, Oregon, northern Nevada and southern Washington, covering more than 210,000 square miles. NTAG Portland is staffed with more than 130 Sailors and civilians whose mission is the recruitment of high-quality ---------------------- U.S. Navy | U.S. Navy Gifts | U.S. Department of Defense Our Valiant Troops | I Am The One | Veterans | Citizens Like Us |
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