Camilo Gomez

Hometown: Roxbury, New Jersey

PSU Connection: Current Student

PSU Graduation Year: 2024

Degree Type: Bachelors

Major of Study: Nursing

Memorable moment in your Penn State career: None yet, first year to the campus but am excited about going to a football game and exploring campus.

Active Duty or Veteran: Veteran

Branch: Marine Corps

Rank: Sergeant

Rate/MOS: Bulk Fuel Specialist and Marine Security Guard

Where/when did you serve: Parris Island, SC, Fort Lee, VA, Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, SC, Quantico, VA, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Lahore, Pakistan, Athens, Greece; 2015 – 2020

Awards: Meritorious Mast, Meritorious Promotion

What was your favorite military assignment/duty station and why? Marine Security Guard Detachment Athens, Greece. The country was beautiful and had so much to see and learn about. It was also my last post before getting out of the military and I was able to travel throughout Europe while I was there.

Camilo Gomez, Marine Corps, is a current nursing student here at Penn State.  Camilo served as a bulk fuel specialist and later as a Marine Security Guard.  This allowed him to see the world including Mexico, Pakistan, and Greece.  Camilo is especially fond of this time in Greece were he was able to travel all over Europe.