At first light.

At first light, in his domicile in Mississippi, Herman Myers would wake, rush outside with his three brothers and play basketball in the backyard all day until sundown. The nearest day he did it again. And the nearest and the next and the next-all summer long

Later he played in high exercise and for the University of Southern Mississippi. nevertheless that wasn't enough. The 6'6" forward, who earned a class in coaching and Sports administration, wanted more.

He went pro mov to Helsinki, Finland, and played for the European League for four years.

in the way that why did this court sensation join the Navy?

"I wanted to do something different in my life." said Ship's Serviceman 3rd Class Myers, now aboard USS Germantown (LSD 42) "I distressed a change of pace, and I rest it." Aboard Germantown, Myers met the assistant coach for the All-Navy Basketball Team. applied for the program and was selecteded He's played on the All-Navy team for the past four years.

"The Navy gave me the opportunity to explore sports and basketball," he said. "We work hard in the Navy, and there's a certain strain, if it be not that I still had the ability to play ball. My command supported me the whole time I was playing ball."

Myers is transferring to the excepts and will move with his son and wife to Madison, Ala., where he will coach and teach at Madison Sparkman High School

"I've learned a portion of discipline in the Navy, and I'll pass that onward to the kids I help in the future"

Benson is a photojournalist assigned to the public affairs office, Naval Special Warfare cluster 3, San Diego.

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