On June 27, 2014 Captain Velma C. Gay was promoted to Major Velma C. Gay at the Joint Base Andrews Courtroom in Washington. Major Gay is a Boyd Anderson High School graduate, born in Brooklyn, New York, but spending her formative years in South Florida. Captain Gay earned her bachelor’s degree in English from Florida State University in 1996 and recently completed her Masters of Law degree at The George Washington University of Law School. She is currently assigned to the Administration Litigation Branch West, Labor Law Field Support Center, Joint Base Andrews. Major Gay’s parents, George Alton Gay and Wendy Johnson, as well as her two daughters Lauren and Brittany are exceedingly proud her many accomplishments and would like to Congratulate her once again with this small token of Love. “We are so proud and we love you so much!”