BRANCH: U.S. Marine Corps LOCATION: Seal Beach, Calif. TEAM: Defense, Space & Security After serving 22 years with the U.S. Marine Corps, Vernon Wright marked his third year at Boeing in August. He retired from the Corps as a gunnery sergeant, thus the nickname “Gunny” Wright. His tours of duty included supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan in 2011 as a communications logistical chief. Wright said he started thinking about a job with Boeing as he neared retirement from the Marine Corps. “I knew about Boeing’s support for our military,” he said, “and thought how honorable it would be to continue to serve my military brethren by supporting them through Boeing’s defense and security programs.” Boeing initially hired Wright as an industrial security specialist, but he later applied to be a computing security specialist—and got the job. Wright said he spends much of his time working on programs he can’t talk about with the Experimental Systems Group, part of Defense, Space & Security. “I owe a large part of my personal and professional growth to my military experience,” Wright said. “I frequently get asked what I did before I joined Boeing and I proudly say I served in our military for more than 20 years. The response I generally get is, ‘Thank you for your service.’ My response usually is, ‘Well, thank you, but I’m not done serving yet.’ ” PHOTO: BOB FERGUSON | BOEING Vernon Wright Computer security specialist NOVEMBER 2015 39
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