CRESTVIEW — The Oscar E. Wilson American Legion Post 75's general membership has elected Lydia Benoit as their new commander.
Benoit, an electronics technician at Lockheed Martin, has served 17 years in the United States Air Force as an aircraft maintenance technician.
While enlisted, she was a member of the Dover Air Force Base Honor Guard in Delaware, performing military honors at funerals and parades. She was selected Honor Guard of the Quarter at Dover AFB, where she met and married her husband, Mark.
In addition, the Airlift Rodeo Competition Team named her its lead electro-environmental systems technician at McGuire Air Force Base in New Jersey.
Benoit’s legion membership began seven years ago; she helped plan and organize several post events, which led to serving as post adjutant and post finance officer for the past three years.
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