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Classmate Anatolio B. Cruz, Jr., a retired captain in the U. S. Navy’ medical corps, is the proud father of Anatolio B. Cruz III and Raquel Cruz Bono, both of whom are admirals in the U. S. Navy.
 Rear Admiral Raquel Bono was in the news recently when she was placed in command of the navy’s Joint Task Force National Capital Region Medical operation. Admiral Bono is shown in the picture receiving the command flag from assistant secretary of defense Karen Guice.
Before taking over the JTF CapMed command, Admiral Bono was command surgeon of the U. S. Pacific Command. She had also served as chief of staff, deputy director TriCare Management Activity in the office of the assistant secretary of defense, as commanding officer of the naval hospital in Jacksonville, Florida, and as executive assistant to the chief of the 35th Navy Surgeon General.
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