Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Alford

Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander R. Alford, son of Lucia Lawler, of Merrimack, along with 5,500 sailors and Marines assigned to the Enterprise Carrier Strike Group, recently arrived in Norfolk, Va., after a deployment of seven and a half months supporting operations in the Mediterranean and Arabian seas. The USS Enterprise’s return is the 25th and final homecoming in its 51 years of distinguished service. The aircraft carrier was deactivated Dec. 1 in a ceremony at Norfolk Naval Station. Alford is a 2005 graduate of Mascenic Regional High School, New Ipswich.