A Greer native is serving aboard one of the U.S. Navy’s largest aircraft carriers. Petty Officer Second Class Emily Coker, a 2022 graduate of Blue Ridge High School, serves as an information systems technician aboard the USS Harry S. Truman, based in Norfolk, Virginia.
Coker says her grandfather, a Vietnam Marine veteran, inspired her military mindset, and she joined the Navy to experience life beyond her hometown.
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