NORFOLK, Va. – Seaman Recruit Brooke Watson, a native of Westminster, South Carolina, serves the U.S. Navy assigned to USS Wasp, an amphibious assault ship operating out of Norfolk, Virginia.
Watson received a GED in 2025.
The skills and values needed to succeed in the Navy are similar to those found in Westminster.
“My dad always told me to never let others define me by what I was, but by what I could become,” Watson said. “My mom taught me that success is not about if something will happen, but when.”…