Stephanie Flores (she/her) is a Navy veteran and communications manager for Common Defense , a veteran-led grassroots organization that promotes progressive values. She is an advocate in the areas of mental health, racial justice, immigration and power structures, and has served as Congressional Hispanic Caucus Public Policy Fellow, New Leaders Council Dallas Communications Chair, and New Virginia Majority Communications Director. The views expressed in this commentary are her own. View more opinion on CNN. (CNN) Over more than three years as a Navy sailor, I bore a burden. I served during a time when the number of women in the armed forces was growing, but still saw firsthand the obstacles that exist for us as we serve our country and make history every day. Ten years removed from my time in active duty, those obstacles — and my story — are hardly relics of the past. I can clearly remember, for example, a supervisor asking what my “Latina stripper name” would be and that it should be something “exotic.” I remember questions about supposed sexual favors — referenced with explicit, sexual language — I “must have given” in order to earn the qualifications I worked hard to achieve. I even…