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Article: UNITED KINGDOM: ROYAL NAVY ENGINEER CHOSEN AS TOP BLACK ROLE MODEL
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- December 11, 2008
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The government of United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence's Royal Navy issued the following news release:
A Lieutenant Commander in the Royal Navy has been chosen by the Government as one of the top 20 black role models in the United Kingdom.
Lieutenant Commander Neville Bryce MBE, a veteran of the Falklands War, received the honour at a star-studded ceremony at the Park Plaza hotel in London last week.
The REACH20 Awards, the first ever national role model programme for black boys and young black men, was unveiled by Communities Secretary Hazel Blears who said:
"The REACH programme is about nurturing ambitious, realistic aspirations by showing young black men that they can achieve in any and ...