United States Navy veteran Brittany Taylor was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. She graduated from Hillcrest High School in 2010 and enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 2015, graduating boot camp and A-School at Great Lakes, Illinois and becoming a Personnel Specialist. From May 2015 to June 2019, Brittany served onboard USS PEAR HARBOR LSD 52 as a Personnel Specialist maintaining critical operational readiness for over 350 sailors. In July 2017 she deployed with the Amphibious Ready Group and the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) for Western Pacific (WESTPAC) 17-2 where she was one of two Master Helmsman onboard the USS PEARL HARBOR.
In June 2019 Brittany transferred to the Syracuse, New York Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS) while attached to Navy Talent Acquisition Group- Pittsburg for recruiting duty. While stationed at the Syracuse MEPS from June 2019 to December 2022, she processed more than 3,000 applicants interested in joining the United States Navy.
Brittany separated from the Navy in 2022 and began working for the Defense Programs Office in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management. She departed Syracuse University to pursue and completed her associate degree in Humanities at Onondaga County Community College in 2025. Today, Brittany is a senior undergraduate policy studies student at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and will graduate in the spring of 2027.
Brittany’s proudest military moment occurred in 2017 when she noticed the Junior Enlisted Association was not active. She gathered other junior sailors together, created bylaws, and pushed for the association to become active again. Brittany was then voted President of the Junior Enlisted Association and created fun events to boost the morale of the crew.
