While a senior in high school, I enlisted in the US Navy. After 4 years in the Navy, I was selected to attend the US Naval Academy (USNA). I graduated from USNA in 1988 and spent my 30-plus year Navy career in various leadership roles, including two command tours (NOSC Baltimore and NOSC Tampa). I retired from the Navy as a Captain and immediately began my present job as the Senior Naval Science Instructor of Summerville High School Navy JROTC in 2014. I also serve the Low Country as an US Naval Academy Blue and Gold Officer.