Finding the unexpected in the everyday.
In January 2021, Giao Phan became executive director of the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA). She was the first Asian American woman to serve in this position at the largest and most complex of the U.S. Navy’s five materiel agencies responsible for the design, construction, and maintenance of various military systems. Phan was born in... Continue Reading →
Wendy Lawrence has been a trailblazer in both her professional endeavors and personal life. She was a member of only the second class in the history of the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) to include women. Lawrence went on to pursue a record-setting career as a naval aviator. As a NASA astronaut, she became USNA’s first... Continue Reading →
Transportation History 