Rogenna Brewer
When a high school aptitude test labeled her suited for
librarian or clergy, Rogenna joined the Navy. It was off to
bootcamp, followed by her first duty station, NAS Midway
Island. She started in the CO's office and gravitated
toward the Chaplain's where duties included operating the
base library. "You can see where I'm going with this. I
loved working with the Chaplain. We also traveled to
smaller islands where personnel were stationed without
support services. I've actually crossed the international
dateline twice but have never stepped foot outside of U.S.
territory."
Other duty stations included; the office of The Chief of
Naval Personnel Washington, DC., Naval Intelligence Command
Sultan, Maryland, and Naval Hospital Orlando, Florida.
Rogenna advanced quickly. She also attended the University
of Maryland Overseas Division and Southern College in
Orlando, Florida. Just a few credits shy of a degree, she
holds a diploma in Interior Design and hopes to complete
her college education sometime in the future, though she
doesn't see herself going back into design.
Rogenna met and married her sailor while serving her
country. "The best part was that brief period of time when
I out-ranked him." After receiving an Honorable Discharge
she continued to serve as a Navy Wife and admits to being
jealous of her husband's travels. "There's a reason for the
slogan; Navy Wife, the toughest job in the Navy. It's like
being a single parent--at least part of the time. Jeff's
been to seventeen countries and was there for the filming
of two major motion pictures aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise
CVN65 (Top Gun and Hunt For Red October). We have three
boys, one for each deployment."
With their Navy days behind them, the family currently
lives in Colorado where Rogenna grew up. Before settling in
to writing, she owned a bookstore with her mother/partner
and was a bookseller and a reviewer for several
years. "Although I sometimes feel like a jack-of-all-
trades, master-of-none, the one constant has been the need
to surround myself with people and books. My high school
reunion is coming up soon. I always wanted to be a
writer/adventurer, but that high school aptitude test had
great insight into my insight into my personality. And now
I go wherever I want, whenever I want, through my writing.
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Series
Books:Wet 'n Wild Navy SEALs, June 2016
e-Book
Mitzi's Marine, May 2011
Paperback
The Marine's Baby, March 2008
9 Months Later
Paperback
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