For the first time, the Navy’s four sailors of the year are women, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead announced Thursday. Roughead noted the achievement as part of a number of milestones for women in the fleet at the 23rd annual Women’s Leadership Symposium. They are:
- Pacific Fleet Sailor of the Year: Operations Specialist 1st Class (SW) Samira McBride, assigned to the destroyer Lassen.
- Fleet Forces Sailor of the Year: Hospital Corpsman 1st Class (SW/AW) Ingrid J. Cortez, dock landing ship Gunston Hall.
- Reserve Sailor of the Year: HM1 Shalanda Brewer, Navy Expeditionary Medical Unit 10.
- CNO Shore Sailor of the Year: Cryptologic Technician (Technical) 1st Class (SW) Cassandra Foote, Center for Information Dominance Learning Site, Pensacola, Fla.
The four will be honored in July in Washington, D.C., and be meritoriously promoted to chief petty officer.
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