A Navy officer who grew up in Nicholasville just finished his first week as the new commander of Amphibious Squadron 5, which is based in San Diego. It’s the fourth command for Captain James Harney. He says his love of the sea began when he was a boy.
“Growing up in central Kentucky, once a year dad would get us to either to beach and Florida or Hilton Head, South Carolina. And now it'd be the one time of year we'd leave the state in the ocean was, was pretty neat.”
