SAN DIEGO, CA — Navy health officials say the person behind a health crisis that has resulted in thousands of sick sailors, weeks of lost working hours, and over $3 million in medical expenses is a Chula Vista mother of four, high school dropout, and Del Taco employee.

Navy brass is now scrambling to keep sailors away from bar hog Tiffany McCarthey, 24, a carrier of drug-resistant gonorrhea that has spread to sailors all throughout the fleet.

"It's all been a fucking wild ride," McCarthey said. "I feel like a celebrity. In the last month, I got free health care by the military, my picture's been passed around all over base, and now I'm gonna be in the newspaper."

McCarthey said the attention is especially gratifying considering that her stepfather once said "she'd never amount to nothing."