Kelsy Richardson arrived in San Diego County on a Friday. By the following Monday, she had an interview at an Encinitas animal hospital. A week later, she was on the job.
That kind of fast pivot is second nature for Richardson, 33, a Navy spouse who has spent the last 15 years adapting to the unpredictability of military life.
Now a mother of two and office manager at the animal hospital where she started as an assistant, she is completing the final months of an online veterinary technician program. It’s a credential she hopes will follow her family wherever the Navy sends them next…