"There is no goal that is unachievable."
This was the message of US Navy Rear Admiral Bette Bolivar
of US Naval Command in an interview with Philippine News Agency during the
Gender and Development Seminar as the keynote speaker.
The Gender and Development Seminar at the Bicol Regional
Teaching and Training Hospital (BRTTH) is part of the Humanitarian Mission of
the ongoing Pacific Partnership in Albay.
In an interview Thursday, asked how does she feels being the
first Filipina-American Admiral in the Naval command Bolivar said “I’m Blessed!
I did not make it because I’m smart, I’m blessed to have team surrounding me
telling me, educating me what to say, how to do things, I’m blessed to have a
great team, it’s not just the navy family but the whole department of defense
family help me to get where I am now.
Born in Hawaii
My father is from here and defending our country and able to
support and defended the constitution is something we oath and I’m very proud
to say that I’ll do it until I die.
According to Bolivar, she was the ‘tomboy’ of the family
even as a child.
Bolivar entered the Naval Academy
"For the young generation now, I would say follow your
goal, if there something you want to achieve just keep on going and you’ll get
there, don’t give up and you will be blessed, with the people surrounding you
and go out of the box, give a kick, my dad was an inspiration," Bolivar
emphasized.
"Family supporting you, able to set a goal, stick with
it and believe in yourself and you’ll be fine," she added.
Pacific Partnership is an annual deployment of forces from
the Pacific Fleet of the United States Navy (USN), in cooperation with regional
governments and military forces, along with humanitarian and non-government
organizations.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=12&sid=&nid=12&rid=902023
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