III 114th CONGRESS 2d Session S. RES. 550 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; 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 African-American 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; 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 Whereas, between 1980 and 2016, more than 4,800 women commissioned through the United States Naval Academy: Now, therefore, be it

That the Senate— (1) designates the week of September 5 through September 9, 2016, as Recognizing the 40th Anniversary of Women at the United States Naval Academy Week ; and (2) honors past and present women who serve in the Armed Forces of the United States.