'Being myself is a force multiplier' | Local Navy officer reacts to repeal of transgender...

Chief Petty Officer Melody Stachour considers herself a fortunate one.

After first joining the Navy in 2004, she decided to begin the transition to become her true self a few years ago.

However, before then, Stachour can still remember the moment on deployment when she saw the news of President Donald Trump's call to ban transgender Americans from joining the military.