 Hello to everyone watching the Navy's blog. This is Machipman Caroline Vu from the Naval Academy and I'm currently serving as a Brigade Public Affairs Officer. I'm from Bigersfield, California and someone who's come to inspire me is Lieutenant Junior Grade Anne Petriolo. I've seen her walk around her ship as a surface warfare junior officer and I've never seen anyone so enthusiastic and passionate about her job. The way she leads her people and the way she's learning about the ship to get called inspires me to want to be a surface warfare officer. She really is dedicated to what she does and exemplifies ship shipmates self in a way that I've never seen someone do before and I really hope and I'm excited to join her in the fleet as a surface warfare officer pretty soon. Hello I'm Machipman Carrie Yingling and I'm the Machipman Action Group President and I'm from Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The person who inspires me most is not just one person but three people and they're my sisters. We were all born within 34 months of each other and my older sister is a Navy pilot. She inspired me to join the Navy in the first place since because of her example that I'm here today. My younger sisters are twins and they're doing so well in school and I'm so incredibly proud of them and their example has forced me to apply myself every single day here at the Naval Academy to be the best person that I can be. We were raised on American ideals and hard work and my parents always strive to instill in us the values that have gotten us here today and I'm just so thankful for that. Hello I'm Alicia Gaydry I'm from Fort Myers, Florida and I'm currently serving as the Brigade Executive Officer. I've been lucky enough to have two incredibly inspiring people within my life my mother and my older sister both who are extremely selfless and devote everything they have to every task that they're that that's before them. My older sister inspired me by coming to the Naval Academy and graduating in 2010. She's now currently serving as a surface warfare officer and her selflessness and dedication to her people inspires me to work hard. My mother who is also extremely hard-working and selfless went back to medical school to earn a degree in medical assisting something that she's wanted to do for entire life. It continues to inspire me as I pursue my dreams to become a doctor and serve in the medical community. That's all we have for now from the Naval Academy. We hope to see you around soon.