Like many young men and women living in the shadow of Luke Air Force Base, Officer Candidate Hervey Rico grew up dreaming of flying jets.
The Goodyear native and 2012 Bourgade Catholic High School graduate, who enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 2017 after earning a degree in economics from Saint Louis University in Missouri, is on the cusp of realizing that dream.
A first-generation American who was born at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Phoenix and grew up in both Goodyear and Sonora, Mexico, Officer Candidate Rico is the first member of his family to join the U.S. military.
