 My grandfather was in the Navy. My father was in the Army. It was something that was always in the back of my head. Something that I wanted to do with my life. I loved college, but I didn't love him. So I joined the Navy. I really wanted to be a rescue swimmer. While I was in Pensacola, trained to be a rescue swimmer here at school, I broke my foot. While we were waiting for my foot to heal, I got a chance to work in the chapel, alongside a great chaplain. He was showing me all the training books. What an RP is, what an RP does. That was a holy cow. I want to do that. I'm Brianna Wall, religious program specialist second class, currently a station in Naval Air Station, Meridian, in Meridian, Mississippi. To me, it just kind of means being there for the Sailor of the Meridian that's next to you. It's just making sure that they're good to go. A lot of people think it's just religious stuff that they can come talk to RPs about, but that's not the case at all. It can be about anything. Life in general, I mean, life happens. Stuff happens. Finances. You're stressed out at work. Your dog died. It can literally be anything. Right now I'm going to school full-time. For my bachelor's in psychology, I really, really just like helping people and talking to people. My goal since I've been here is to set myself up to become a SARP counselor. It's a substance abuse counselor for the Navy. The community of Meridian is phenomenal with this base. We get so many opportunities to go help people, do community relation projects, and really immerse ourselves with the people here. And it's been a blessing. One of my favorite things we do every year is in a show of a county fair. It's a place where we get to interact with the community and the community gets to interact with us and really feel and see our presence here in Meridian and in Mississippi. We serve Navy bean soup. It's hot outside, the soup's hot, but they love it. I like it, so it's fun.