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Cool Jobs: Navy Quartermaster

  • Defense.gov
  • Sept. 25, 2019 | 0:43

From growing up on a tiny Island in the U.S. Virgin Islands to becoming the lead petty officer in USS Gerald Ford’s navigational department, Petty Officer 2nd Class Zuri Hodge says the Navy has greatly expanded her horizons. She tells us why being a quartermaster is a “cool job.”