Benton native earns Blue Angels crest

Cmdr. Eric Doyle (left), Flight Leader for the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, presents Aviation Electronics Technician 1st Class (AW/SW) Clint Smothers, from Benton, Kentucky, with their crest during a Blue Angels cresting ceremony at Naval Air Facility El Centro, California. After several weeks of training in squadron history, procedures, teamwork and traditions, they earned their Blue Angels crest.