Strong Leader Balances Empathy, Wellness, and Mission

[The Patriot]

As Petty Officer 2nd Class Reilly Burrus sat down, there was an air of nervousness around her. With her hair pulled back into what her recruits would call her signature bun, she seems shy and uncertain of how this interview would go, but as soon as the first question was asked, she lit up with excitement and intensity. She had a lot to say.Burrus is a maritime enforcement specialist in the U.S. Coast Guard and currently a company commander at Training Center Cape May. She has been all over the country, from the Coast Guard Police Department in Kodiak, Alaska to Sector Delaware Bay, so she felt the experiences she had gathered over her career, combined with her years of service gave her a good sense of what leadership looked like.


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