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Marie Lei Acuna

Lieutenant
Lore Aguayo

Rear Admiral
Alicia Aitken

Master Chief
Vanderla Akaka

Chief Warrant Officer
Dee Allen

Command Master Chief
Annie Andrews

Rear Admiral
Meghan Angermann

Commander
Ruth Audet

Senior Chief
Jennifer Balisle

Civilian
Sydney Barber

Midshipman 1st Class
Julia Barnes

Captain
Danelle Barrett

Rear Admiral
Elizabeth Barrett

Commander
Kayla Barron

Lieutenant Commander
Emily Bassett

Captain
Amy Bauernschmidt

Captain
April D. Beldo

Fleet Master Chief
Dianna Pohlman Bell

Reverend
Heidi Berg

Rear Admiral
Juliet Beyler

Executive director
Linda Bird

Rear Admiral
Ima Black

Honorary Master Chief
Debra Bodenstedt

Captain
Bette Bolivar

Rear Admiral
Mary Bonnin

Master Chief
Raquel Cruz Bono

Vice Admiral
Robin Braun

Vice Admiral
Susan BryerJoyner

Rear Admiral
Becky Calder

Commander
Ashley Carline

Commander
Victoria Anne Cassano

Captain
Kimberly Cedar

Master Chief Navy Counselor
Heather K. Charara

Navy Career Counselor (Recruiter) Master Chief
Shoshana Chatfield

Rear Admiral
Cassie Clark

Master Chief (Submarines) Yeoman
Elaine Collins

Captain
Gina Colombo

Yeoman 1st Class
Gladys Commons

Assistant Secretary
Kathlene Contres

Captain
Jennifer Couture

Rear Admiral
Susan Cowan

Lieutenant
Amber Cowan and Jennifer Noonan

Lieutenant j.g
Susan Ahn Cuddy

Lieutenant
Kim DaCosta-Azar

Commander
Cecilia Daley

Master Chief
Sue S. Dauser

Captain
Yvette Davids, Shanti Sethi, Teresa Elders

Rear Admiral, Captain, Commander
Kim Davis

Captain
Nanette DeRenzi

Vice Admiral
Anna Der-Vartanian

Master Chief Yeoman
Edith DeVoe

Lieutenant
Jackie DiRosa

Fleet Master Chief
Alene Bertha Duerk

Rear Admiral
Sandra Dyal

Command Master Chief
Steffanie Easter

civilian
Ruth Alice Erickson

Captain
Marsha Evans

Rear Admiral
Ashley Faires

Lieutenant Commander
Billie J. Farrell

Commander
Maureen Farren

Commander
First Enlisted Women in the Navy

Enlist
First women assigned to flight instruction at Naval Air Station Pensacola

Lieutenant/Ensign
Lilian Fishburne

Rear Admiral
Linda Fox

Master Chief
Lisa Franchetti

Vice Admiral
Juliane Gallina

Commander
Kati Garner

Personnelman Seaman
Ann Geiman

Yeoman 1st Class
Dayna Williams, Aerial Lucky, Sarah Black, Annie Adams

Mate 2nd Class, Technician 1st Class, Lieutenant j.g., Mate 2nd Class
Erica Gibson

Senior Chief
Megan Green

Boatswain’s Mate 1st Class
Katherine L. Gregory

Rear Admiral
Peggy Sue Griffith

Petty Officer 3rd Class
Grocki

Rear Admiral
Nancy Gunderson

Civilian
Joy Bright Hancock

Captain
Wistar “Star” Langhorne Hardison

Captain
Gail Harris

Captain
Christina Hicks

Captain
Kathryn P. Hire

Captain
Grace Murray Hopper

Rear Admiral
Karla Horn

Civilian
Michelle Howard

Admiral
Kyleigh Hupfl

Lieutenant Commander
Darlene Iskra

Commander
Mary Jackson

Vice Admiral
Lace Johnson

Senior Chief
Camella Jones

Constructionman
Sara Joyner

Rear Admiral
Angela Katson

Captain
Shannon Kent

Senior Chief
Margaret Kibben

Rear Admiral
Susan Kilrain

Commander
Margaret “Peg” Deluca Klein

Rear Admiral
Angela Koogler

Senior Chief
Laura Krueger

Lieutenant j.g
Beth Lambert

Command Master Chief
Shay Craft Langejans

Command Master Chief
Jennifer LaTorre

Civilian
Tamara Lawrence

Captain
Wendy Lawrence

Captain
Kathryn Leiphart

Chief
Helene Lipman

Yeoman
Amanda Little

Navy Petty Officer 1st Class
Susan Morrisey Livingstone

Acting Secretary of the Navy
Deborah A. Loewer

Rear Admiral
Deborah Wilson

Lieutenant
Berly Lue

Master-at-Arms 2nd Class
Elaine Luria

Representative
Kathleen Lux

Ensign
Brandi Maddox

Logistics Specialist 1st Class
Elizabeth “Spike” Malecha

Commander
Connie Mariano

Rear Admiral
Rosemary Mariner

Captain
Angelica A. Martelle

Master Chief
Laura Martinez

Force Master Chief
Mildred McAfee

Captain
Samira McBride

Command Master Chief
Amanda McDevitt

Master Chief Hospital Corpsman
Kathleen McGrath

Commander
Fran McKee

Rear Admiral
Janie L. Mines

Commander
Kathryn Murphy

Civilian
Elizabeth Nashold

Civilian
Judith Neuffer

Lieutenant j.g
Diane Nichols

Commander
Nancy Norton

Vice Admiral
Laura S. Nunley

Command Master Chief
Roseanne Oliveros

Chief Warrant Officer 3
Yona Owens

Petty Officer 3rd Class
Kathleen Paige

Rear Admiral
Elena J. Peckenpaugh

Hospitalman
Giao Phan

Civilian
Harriet Ida Pickens and Frances Wills

Lieutenant j.g/Ensign
Susan J. Rabern

Doctor
Barbara Allen Rainey

Lieutenant j.g
Tchilalou Riggs

Logistics Specialist 1st Class
Sade Robinson

Operations Specialist 1st Class
Brenda “Raven” Robinson

Lieutenant Commander
Linda Rodriguez

Lieutenant Commander
Hedy Roger-Jones

Command Master Chief
Emily Royse

Commander
Dominique Saavedra

Chief Culinary Specialist
Anne Sandel

Civilian
Susan (Sanson) Fritz

Command Master Chief
Norma Schrader

Senior Chief
First All-Woman Seabee Construction Team

Petty Officer 3rd Class, Seaman, Constructionman
Mary Sears

Commander
Gayle Shaffer

Rear Admiral
Katie Sheldon

Captain
Mikie Sherrill

Representative
Michelle Skubic

Vice Admiral
Jackey Smith

Senior Chief
Melissa Smoot

Civilian
Elizabeth Stafford

Senior Chief
Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper

Captain
Sara Stires

Commander
Ann Bradford Stokes

Nurse
Marluis Stokes

Command Master Chief
Kathy Sullivan

Doctor
Charlene Suneson

Lieutenant
Kaye Sweetser

Captain
Madeline Swegle

Lieutenant
Josephine Tauoa

Command Master Chief
The Twelve Anchors

Nurse
Victoria Thornton

Lieutenant
Kathy Manley Thorp

Captain
Jan Tighe

Vice Admiral
Donna Tobias

Hull Technician 3rd Class
Patricia Tracey

Vice Admiral
Regine Tugade-Watson

Ensign
Nora Tyson

Vice Admiral
U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1980

U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1980
Marcia Villavicencio

Ensign
Victoria Voge and Jane McWilliams

Lieutenant
Terry Jo (Schorsch) Voss

Captain
Loretta Perfectus Walsh

Chief Yeoman (F)
Jordine Von Wantoch

Captain
Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service

WAVES
2nd Class Ruth C. Isaacs, Katherine Horton, and Inez Patterson

Hospital Apprentices
Sally A. Webster

Master Chief
Suz Whitman

Fleet Master Chief
Kendra Williams

Lieutenant
Sunita Williams

Captain
Dianna Wolfson

Captain
First all-women crew for MH-60R training flight

Pilots
First All-Woman “Missing [Wo]man Formation”

Lieutenant, Lieutenant Commander, Commander
Kathryn Wijnaldum, LaDonna Simpson, Kimberly Jones, Kristel O’Cañas,

Commander
Matice Wright

Lieutenant
Elizabeth Wylie

Captain
Edna Young

Chief Yeoman

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