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Hauppauge High's Hometown Hero podcast spotlights Navy veteran and Suffolk County deputy

HAUPPAUGE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT · January 14, 2026
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At a HAUPPAUGE Union Free School District Hometown Hero podcast, Navy veteran Frank D'Aversa and Deputy Dylan Heaver spoke to students about military service, policing, training requirements and community outreach, including a life-saving CPR response and veterans court work.

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. ' Frank D'Aversa, a Navy veteran whose military and aviation career spans more than four decades, and Dylan Heaver, a deputy in the Suffolk County Sheriff's Department's community relations unit, visited Hauppauge High School on Tuesday for the district's Hometown Hero Speaker Series podcast to talk about service, training and working in their communities.

The event, presented by the HAUPPAUGE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT as part of its speaker series, brought the two guests together with students for a question-and-answer session. The moderator said the program aims to "connect our students ... to our local heroes" and to give students direct exposure to careers in military service and public safety.

D'Aversa, introduced by the moderator as a longtime aviation mechanic and Navy reservist who served…

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