Meet the Navy’s first female African-American chief warrant officer
Summer Levert is inspired by family, mentors and fellow sailors
By Kelley D. Evans
March 27, 2017
In 1997, Cleveland native Summer Levert began her military service in the Army National Guard. Now she’s the first black female boatswain’s mate in the U.S. Navy to hold the position of chief warrant officer.
“I joined the Navy to get out of Cleveland,” Levert said. “I worked two full-time jobs and went to school part time. I needed a change because I was headed down a dead-end street. I followed my twin sister [Dawn Greene] into the Navy.”
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