Xander Shirley has known since he was a young child that he wanted to be in the Navy.
That's why he signed up for the Navy Junior ROTC the first chance he got _ his freshman year at William Floyd High School _ so that one day he might serve his country.
In the fall, Shirley will attend SUNY Maritime College on a Presidential NROTC Academy Scholarship, which will pay his expenses and guarantees him a job in the Navy upon graduation.
