๐—Ÿ๐—ฌ๐—–๐—˜๐—”๐—ก ๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐——๐—˜ | ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—จ๐— ๐—ก๐—œ ๐—ฆ๐—จ๐—–๐—–๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ฆ | ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜. ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ป

๐‘ฎ๐’‚๐’˜๐’‚๐’… ๐‘ท๐‘จ๐‘ช๐‘ถ 2025 ๐‘จ๐’˜๐’‚๐’“๐’…๐’†๐’† ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜. ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ป (BS Marine Transportation, Class of 1997) has been recognized as an ๐—Ÿ-๐—ก๐—จ ๐—ข๐˜‚๐˜๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—”๐—น๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ป๐—ถ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป for his exemplary service and accomplishments in both the ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ and ๐—ด๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€.

In 2001, ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜. ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ป joined the ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—š๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ, where he honorably served for six years. A licensed ๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—– ๐Ÿฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ and holder of a ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฒ, he later rejoined government service and continues to serve as a ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ข๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ (๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ) at the ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’“๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’Ž๐’† ๐‘ฐ๐’๐’…๐’–๐’”๐’•๐’“๐’š ๐‘จ๐’–๐’•๐’‰๐’๐’“๐’Š๐’•๐’š (๐‘ด๐‘จ๐‘น๐‘ฐ๐‘ต๐‘จ).

Capt. Tambogonโ€™s unwavering commitment to maritime excellence and public service truly embodies the Lycean values of ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†, ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—บ.