David Frederick

Many children in Kosovo mistake small munitions for toys. Some of them have been injured and others killed while playing with live munitions. Petty Officer David Frederick greatly enhanced the humanitarian effort in Kosovo by providing Unexploded Ordinance recognition/awareness training to nearly 5,000 Kosovar school children. Now instead of playing with munitions, children now report found objects to the local police or to an American soldier. The number of injuries from accidental explosions has been greatly reduced. Along with a local chaplain, his wife Justine, and his command, Petty Officer Frederick also began a Christmas-time mission to collect, sort and deliver winter clothing and toys to needy Albanian and Serbian children. Petty Officer David Frederick is a sailor who cares and makes a difference.