Staff Sgt. Javier Ortiz Rivera and Army Captain Bruce K. Clark flag presentations

Rochester and Honor and Remember Present Personalized Flags Honoring Military Service of

U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Javier Ortiz Rivera and U.S. Army Capt. Bruce Clark

8/26/2014

Frontier’s Rochester, N.Y. recently presented personalized “Honor and Remember” flags to the families of U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Javier Ortiz Rivera and U.S. Army Captain Bruce K. Clark during two separate ceremonies.

Staff Sgt. Javier Ortiz Rivera (above) was killed November 16, 2010 by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan.  He was raised in Rochester, graduated from the School of Imaging and Information Technology at Edison Tech High School, and joined the Marines in 2002. His first of several tours of duty was in Iraq in 2003. He was deployed to Afghanistan in 2005 and again in September in 2010. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.  Staff Sgt. Ortiz Rivera, 26, was married with three children.

U.S. Army Captain Bruce Kevin Clark of Spencerport, N.Y., died May 1, 2012 in Afghanistan. He graduated from SUNY Brockport with a B.S. in nursing. He joined the United States Army Medical Corps

and was initially stationed at Trippler Army Medical Center at Fort Shafter in Honolulu. He completed a critical care nursing course in San Antonio, Texas and was stationed at William Beaumont Army Medical Center at Fort Bliss as a critical care nurse. Clark was deployed to Afghanistan with the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force and was Chief Nurse of the Forward Surgical Element in Tarin Kowt. His awards and medals include an Army Commendation Medal, Military Outstanding Volunteer Service, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal and an Army Service Medal. Captain Clark was married and had two daughters.

Frontier supports Honor and Remember as part of its national commitment to recognize the contributions of U.S. military veterans. Frontier has been recognized as a 2014 “Top 100” Military Friendly Employer and is an active member of Joining Forces, the 100,000 Jobs Mission, the Military Spouse Employment Program and other coalitions and initiatives that help employ veterans and reservists.

During the Javier-Ortiz Memorial 5K Race & Walk Awards Ceremony in Rochester. Corey Hewitt, General Manager, Frontier Communications (at podium), noted the symbolism of the Honor and Remember flag, presented to Gold Star Parents Orlando Rivera and Gloria Ortiz, along with Anthony Torres, Sales and Service Technician, Frontier; and Honor and Remember Chaplain, Robert Disch.

At the Spencerport Red Onions Volunteer Fire Department Drill Team Tournament, Robert Smith, General Manager, Frontier, read the Honor and Remember citation while presenting the commemorative flag to Captain Clark’s wife Susan Orellana-Clark and daughters Camille and Catherine.