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While Stefanie Aarthun was a lieutenant in the Navy, she learned about engineering systems and managed the day-to-day business of a division of sailors. Today, at 30, she's a senior associate in Burson-Marsteller's public affairs practice. “I don't get stressed out over little things because, in my experience in the Navy, when something goes really wrong, someone could get hurt,” Aarthun says.
While stationed in San ...