Trailblazer lieutenant Melanie Martins is a supply officer serving aboard guided-missile submarine USS Ohio (SSGN 726). She is also one of the first Filipinas to qualify as a submariner and earn her submarine warfare insignia in September 2019.
In earning her “dolphins,” denoting the rank’s corresponding metal pin, Martins added to the list of women expanding among the elite community of Navy personnel. Martins claims she felt at home with her submarine family immediately.
