[DOC] [TLE] Women in the United States Navy - Wikipedia [PAR] Many women have served in the United States Navy for over a century. Today, 
there are over 52,391 women serving on active duty in an array of traditional (
administrative, medical, etc.) and non-traditional (aviation, combat systems, etc.) 
ratings or careers. Like their male counterparts, female sailors are expected to 
adhere to ... Thus, the Navy was able to induct its first female sailors into the U.S. 
Naval... [DOC] [TLE] Historical Timeline - US Navy Hosting [PAR] Oct 13, 2015 ... Navy Office of Women's Policy are maintained at: Naval Historical Center 
Operational Archives ... Washington Navy Yard, DC 20374-5060. [DOC] [TLE] US Servicewomen in the Vietnam War - Vietnam War Commemoration [PAR] The first five enlisted Women in the Air Force (WAF) and the fourth WAF officer to 
be assigned to Vietnam arrive at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, South ... With their sister 
servicewomen in the continental ... October 1972, U.S. Air Force photo, National 
Archives. ... Commander Elizabeth Barrett was the highest ranking female naval. [DOC] [TLE] Timeline of women in the united states navy [PAR] Timeline of women in the united states navyWomen in the US military and ... of 
women, the mission of the Navy and the strength of its submarine force. ... The 
first promotion of a woman in the Navy to flag rank occurred in 1972 for Alene 
Duerk. [DOC] [TLE] Women Are Generals and Admirals - Aug.com [PAR] Finally in 1967 a bill to promote military women to star rank worked its way 
though the bureaucratic maze ... Navy Nurse Corps - Rear Admiral Alene B. 
Duerk - 1972 - the very first admiral. ... was sworn in as the first U.S. Army 3-star 
general. [DOC] [TLE] Women's - United States Naval Academy [PAR] became first woman commissioned in the rank of Captain on December 23. ... the 
first woman Marine promoted to Sergeant. Major. ... 1972 Chief of Naval 
Operations Admiral Elmo. Zumwalt issued ... 1992 Navy strengthened its zero-
tolerance. [DOC] [TLE] Highlights in the History of Military - Women In Military Service For ... [PAR] Eighteen African-American Army nurses serve stateside caring for German ... The 
Navy recruits women into its Navy Women's Reserve, called Women ... 1972: The 
Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) is opened to Army and Navy .... 1996: 
The first women in the history of the armed forces are promoted to three-star rank. [DOC] [TLE] Women in The United States Navy - Women in The Navy Since 1972 ... [PAR] Women in The United States Navy - Women in The Navy Since 1972 - ... Fran 
McKee was the first female line officer to hold the rank of Rear Admiral in the 
Navy. ... 1978, Navy Nurse Joan C. Bynum became the first black woman 
promoted to the ... Milestones on Vancouver Island the Story of This Island to the 
West, Its Past... [DOC] [TLE] Naval History Blog  Blog Archive  First female Navy captain ... [PAR] Dec 20, 2013 ... First female Navy captain oversaw greatest growth of Nurse Corps ... Dauser (
1888-1972) was promoted to the relative rank of captain, becoming ... official 
staff corps of the U.S. Navy and gave its members permanent officer... [DOC] [TLE] Women's History Chronology - U.S. Coast Guard [PAR] LT Virginia H. Schroeder became the first woman in Coast Guard history to 
qualify for ... The board concluded in their report submitted in May, 1972 that: 1) "
No need for ..... the first active duty woman since SPARs promoted to the rank of 
captain. .... the first African-American female Naval Engineering Chief Warrant 
Officer of... [DOC] [TLE] Women in Military - Library of Congress [PAR] Nurse Corps, became. Navy's first woman RADM in 1972. 24. 1866: Dr. Mary 
Edwards ... 1976: First 2 women US .... As its first director, and later director of the 
Women's. Army Corps (WAC) ... World War II she had been promoted to the rank. [DOC] [TLE] Admiral Alene B. Duerk - Military.com Content [PAR] (U.S. Navy Photo) ...

Question: In 1972 the U.S. Navy promoted its first woman to this rank
Answer: Admiral