Captain Robert Buzzell, the son of longtime Oak Harbor residents Lt. Ralph and Penny Buzzell, reported to the U.S. Embassy in The Hague, Netherlands, as the senior U.S. Defense Official, Defense and Naval Attache to the Netherlands and Naval Attache to Belgium.

Robert and his wife, Sherry, recently completed an assignment to the Embassy of the U.S. in Paris.

Robert “Bob” attended Oak Harbor Elementary, Broadview Elementary, and Oak Harbor Junior high and high school in the 1970s.