The Robert E. Bush Naval Hospital on board the Combat Center in Twentynine Palms welcomed its first baby of 2021 into the world at 19 minutes past midnight on January 2. Baby girl Nami, born to Jimmy and Rinko Samonn, weighed in at nine pounds and was 20.86 inches in length. Nami is the couple’s first child. Staff Sgt. Jimmy Samonn is assigned to the Maine Corps Communication-Electronics School. The couple has been married for two years and met when Staff Sgt. Samonn was stationed in Okinawa.
FIRST MILITARY BABY OF 2021 WELCOMED ABOARD THE MARINE BASE
The first baby born at the Robert E. Bush Naval Hospital on board the Combat Center in Twentynine Palms was born as 12:19 a.m. January 2 to Staff Sergeant Jimmy and Nami Samonn. Rinko weighed 9 pounds and was 20.86 inches long.
Official Navy photo by Dave Marks