Shanna was nominated by her sister, Nakeshia:
My sister is the only Engineman onboard the USS James E. Williams. She is the strongest and smartest person in the world to me. She has selfishly sacrificed so much for our country. She not only serve in the military she is a full-time student and volunteers at Big Brother Big Sister. When she deployed for 11 months, I thought I would never see my baby sister again, and I was right because she didn’t come back my baby sister she came back, my HERO!