Like many of those who join the Armed Forces, Buffalo native Barbara Erdt knew from an early age the direction she wanted her life to take.
“Ever since I could remember, even looking at pictures, my mother always dressed me in Navy dresses, and I always had sailor hats,” Erdt said.
So in 1988, Erdt joined the Navy. Something that many women weren’t doing at that time. But it led to an opportunity of a lifetime just a few years later…