Quartermaster Seaman Erica Carter (left), a Milton, Fla., native, and Quartermaster 2nd Class Brandi Campbell (right), a Colfax, Wash., native, participate in a pre-deployment scenario on the bridge of Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7). Iwo Jima is underway conducting Amphibious Ready Group/Marine Expeditionary Unit Exercise with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit.
This article originally appeared on Santa Rosa Press Gazette: Local woman serving on USS Iwo Jima