A 1997 U.S. Naval Academy graduate, Rep. Elaine Luria served in the Navy for 20 years, was stationed aboard six ships as a nuclear-trained Surface Warfare Officer and retired as a commander. Luria was one of the first women in the Navy’s nuclear power program and among the first women to serve the entirety of her career on combatant ships. She was elected to Congress in 2018, and currently serves (2022) on the House Armed Services Committee as the Committee Vice Chair; on the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs as the Chair of Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee; and on the House Committee on Homeland Security.