Summary of Caroline Johnson & Hof Williams's Jet Girl

By IRB Media

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#1 On the eve of Valentine’s Day 2014, the minivan drove around the Naval Station Norfolk parking lot looking for an empty spot. We had unceremoniously dropped off our friends and family members who were watching us walk on the ship.

#2 I was excited and afraid, and my mother could tell. She was strong until the end, watching me pack and clean my house as I scrambled to get my life in order. I couldn’t cry; I had to go.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 12, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822513761

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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

On the eve of Valentine’s Day 2014, the minivan drove around the Naval Station Norfolk parking lot looking for an empty spot. We had unceremoniously dropped off our friends and family members who were watching us walk on the ship.

#2

I was excited and afraid, and my mother could tell. She was strong until the end, watching me pack and clean my house as I scrambled to get my life in order. I couldn’t cry; I had to go.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

Induction Day at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, was a whirlwind of tests, vaccinations, check-ins, and gear fittings. I was no longer even a civilian; I’d become property of the United States Navy.

#2

At the Naval Academy, plebes are the lowest of the low on the totem pole. The intense scrutiny is part of an intricate system designed to make students fail. But by focusing on climbing and not the barrier, the weeks marched forward, and before we knew it, we had transformed into a cohesive team.

#3

I qualified as a sharpshooter on the M-16 rifle, and I could hand-strip and wax a floor to make it shine. But I struggled to maintain my femininity at the Academy, and I was often forced to stand at attention outside my classmates’ dorm rooms while they shouted rules at me.

#4

The culmination of Plebe Year is Sea Trials, a fourteen-hour event that tests the students’ physical and mental endurance. The reward for completing it is a well-deserved dinner.

#5

After President Obama spoke, I made my way up the stage one by one and shook his hand. I pointed to the stands where my parents, Grammy, aunts and uncles, and Craig sat watching. Will you wave to my family. I asked. His tight demeanor uncoiled and he laughed in his familiar way.

#6

At the Naval Academy, graduation is often followed by a rush to get married. I struggled to understand how anyone who had yet to experience the joy of making themselves an omelette would yearn for the added dependency of a spouse.

#7

I was attracted to Minotaur, a newly minted officer. I couldn’t stop staring at his chiseled upper body and skinny legs. I eventually invited him to go drinking with me, and we ended up dancing downtown alone.

#8

I met