I wanted to see other people get some other perspectives. You know see what else was out there.
I have got sailors from all around the world, different backgrounds, different beliefs, and religions and race but also different upbringings.
We take people in the Navy from around the world and I think that's important because you get ideas from allover.
I'm from New York.
I'm from New Orleans Louisiana.
I am from Vermont.
I came from Cuba.
I'd never been on the ocean before I joined the Navy.
I'm the first generation sailor.
We're all given the same tests, they're just simply looking at how well do you do your job.
If you're diligent, hardworking and yous tudy the references you can do anything in this Navy.
You get to a certain level of leadership where you can actually affect culture.
There should be no reason why it matters whether you're a man or a woman or a black or white or what your gender identity is.
Everybody has equal rights and equal opportunities.
The Navy has given me more opportunities than I ever could have imagined coming from a small town.
I've been to Bahrain. I've been to Italy.
Australia, to Singapore, Philippines, Thailand.
I've been so many places, I'm trying to keep them separate.
Yeah I've been to four or five different countries in the last year.
Being in the Navy and being to another country to another culture, for me it teaches you how to find yourself, how to actually be an adult and be responsible.
No matter where you go you're going to meet people from places you've never been before and they're going to have experiences you've never had before. So learning from those people is one of the biggest advantages I'll say from being in the Navy.
The people that I work with they immediately become like a group of family.
Anytime you've got a team that's able to get something complex accomplished right, do something hard together and do it well- that builds morale.
You can't learn this level of team work or hardship or flexibility anywhere else.
You will not find an organization or a business in the world with the diversity hat the Navy has or more importantly a business that uses its diversity the way the Navy does to win wars.