Stephanie Neary (X01) has been a construction supervisor for John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) for approximately three years and served as a member of the purser team for sea trials.

Neary has heavy ties to sailors in her family. Her great-grandfather was a submariner and helped build the Nautilus (SSN 571), the first nuclear-powered submarine.

Her father, though, served on the original John F. Kennedy (CV 67).

“The No. 1 department I always heard about as a kid was Navigation,” Neary said. “He had pictures of himself on the bridge, and deployed to the Middle East in the 1980s on the Kennedy.”

Watch this short video to hear more of her and her father’s story.