NTC Alumni: Lew Witherspoon

Meet Lew Witherspoon, a former NTC recruit who has dedicated his entire life to NTC. He came to the Naval Training Center in 1968 as a recruit after he graduated from college. He left NTC and came back in 1971 as a Lieutenant Junior Grade and was one of the instructors for the BOOST Program which stands for Broaden Opportunities for Officer Selection in Training. He retired after 26 years from the Navy and then became the Western Regional Director of AmeriCorps. He came back to NTC as the Operations Director of the NTC Foundation and then retired in 2011.