 Sailors from USS Bornholm Shard have to re-qualify annually to carry a 9mm pistol, helping to guide and instruct them as a gunner's mate who loves what she does. The best thing about joining the Navy is my rate. It's a pretty physically demanding rate. You have to move ammunition and weapons and you want to be able to carry your own weight. When she's not on duty, Seymour likes to spend her time pursuing a hobby that helps her meet those physical demands. I started off, I was pretty skinny. When I started lifting weights, I would see everybody else lifting a lot of weight and I knew I wanted to but I would feel intimidated and kind of discouraged because I couldn't. So what I did to change that was become consistent. Petty Officer Christina Coffey, Fleet Activities, Tosimo, Japan.