Petty Officer Shantay Peterson is a 1995 Manning High School graduate currently serving as an information system technician in the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln. She performs core and speciality functions of communications operations, messaging processing and networking administration and security; establishes, monitors and maintains radio frequency communications systems; performs spectrum management within an area of responsibility; handles, stores and retrieves incoming and outgoing messages; performs network system administration, maintenance and training; manages, plans and coordinates unit-level information systems security and integration across platforms, fleets and services; and ensures the proper security, distribution, handling, accounting, reporting and control of Communications Security (COMSEC) materials, systems and equipment.
