III 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 550 

Designating the week of September 5 through September 9, 2016, as ‘‘Recognizing the 40th Anniversary of Women at the United States Naval 

Academy Week’’. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016 

Ms. MIKULSKI (for herself, Ms. COLLINS, Ms. STABENOW, Ms. BALDWIN, 

Mrs. BOXER, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mrs. MCCASKILL, Ms. WARREN, Mrs. 

MURRAY, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mrs. ERNST, Ms. HIRONO, 

Mrs. FISCHER, Mr. PETERS, and Mr. CARDIN) submitted the following 

resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Designating the week of September 5 through September 

9, 2016, as ‘‘Recognizing the 40th Anniversary of 

Women at the United States Naval Academy Week’’. 

Whereas, in 1975, Congress authorized women to attend military service academies; 

Whereas, on July 6, 1976, 81 women midshipmen were inducted into the United States Naval Academy; 

Whereas, in 1976, an African-American woman became the 

first African-American woman to attend the United 

States Naval Academy, and graduated in 1980; 


ebenthall on DSK30MX082PROD with BILLS
2 

•SRES 550 ATS 

Whereas, in 1980, 55 women became the first women to 

graduate from the United States Naval Academy, 47 percent of whom later became career officers; 

Whereas, in 1980, a woman became the first woman to be 

a distinguished graduate and Trident Scholar of the 

United States Naval Academy; 

Whereas, on May 24, 1984, a woman became the first woman 

to graduate first in class from the United States Naval 

Academy; 

Whereas, in 1988, an African-American woman became the 

first African-American woman to be commissioned as a 

Naval Flight Officer from the United States Naval Academy; 

Whereas, in 1991, a woman midshipman became the first 

woman Brigade Commander at the United States Naval 

Academy; 

Whereas, on May 13, 1993, a member of the United States 

Naval Academy class of 1981 became the first woman to 

be assigned to a combat aircrew; 

Whereas, on March 2, 1995, a member of the United States 

Naval Academy class of 1981 became the first woman 

from the Navy to travel to space aboard space shuttle 

Endeavor; 

Whereas, on March 12, 1999, a member of the United States 

Naval Academy class of 1982 became the first AfricanAmerican woman to captain a United States Naval Ship, 

the USS Rushmore; 

Whereas, in 2004, a member of the United States Naval 

Academy class of 1998 became the first woman to be selected to attend the Fighter Weapons School of the Navy 

and become a Top Gun pilot; 


ebenthall on DSK30MX082PROD with BILLS
3 

•SRES 550 ATS 

Whereas, in 2004, a woman was first appointed Vice Academic Dean at the United States Naval Academy; 

Whereas, in 2006, a member of the United States Naval 

Academy class of 1981 became the first woman Commandant of Midshipmen at the United States Naval 

Academy; 

Whereas, in 2007, a member of the United States Naval 

Academy class of 1989 became the first woman to assume command of an operational fighter squadron; 

Whereas, in May 2010, the first 11 women to be trained for 

the Ohio Class Submarine graduated from the United 

States Naval Academy; 

Whereas, in 2013, the woman that was the first woman graduate of the United States Naval Academy to command an 

operational fighter squadron became the first woman to 

assume command of a carrier air wing; 

Whereas, on July 1, 2014, a member of the United States 

Naval Academy class of 1982 became the first woman to 

be a 4-star naval officer and was the first woman and 

first African-American to be appointed to the position of 

Vice Chief of Naval Operations; 

Whereas, on June 17, 2011, a member of the United States 

Naval Academy class of 1986 became the first woman to 

be Commander of the Marine Corps Recruit Depot at 

Parris Island; 

Whereas, in 2013, a member of the United States Naval 

Academy class of 1991 became the first woman to be 

Deputy Commandant of the United States Naval Academy; 

Whereas, in 2016, 25 percent of the graduating class of the 

United States Naval Academy were women; and 


ebenthall on DSK30MX082PROD with BILLS
4 

•SRES 550 ATS 

Whereas, between 1980 and 2016, more than 4,800 women 

commissioned through the United States Naval Academy: 

Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) designates the week of September 5 through 

3 September 9, 2016, as ‘‘Recognizing the 40th Anni4 versary of Women at the United States Naval Acad5 emy Week’’; and 

6 (2) honors past and present women who serve 

7 in the Armed Forces of the United States. 

Æ 


ebenthall on DSK30MX082PROD with BILLS