Captain Jacqueline C. Barnum is originally from the Bay Area in California and graduated from the United States Naval

Academy in 2014 where she commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Marine Corps. As a logistics officer, she was

assigned various logistics billets in Okinawa, Japan including serving as the officer in charge of the equipment allowance

pool located in the Republic of the Philippines. She was then stationed at Camp Pendleton, CA, where she was promoted

to Captain and served as the Company Commander for Combat Service Support Company, I MEF Support Battalion and

participated in the I MEF Exercise Native Fury in the United Arab Emirates. Captain Barnum then moved to Newport,

Rhode Island in summer 2020 where she served as a company officer at the Naval Academy Preparatory School (NAPS)

and provided mentorship and guidance to future Naval and Marine Corps officers. She is currently stationed in Miramar,

CA, where she serves at the Assistant Logistics Officer at MACG-38. Captain Barnum has recently started a mentor

program utilizing her social media platform, @jackiee.barnum. To date, she has over 300 volunteer mentors and has

responded to over 130 mentor requests from men and women across all ranks and services. Jackie is a documented descendant of three American Revolutionary War Soldiers, and she is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR).