Personnelman Seaman Kati Garner was the first women to become a Navy scuba diver in U.S. military history (1973). After Garner graduated scuba school, she received her diploma and her Navy diver badge. Garner was assigned to Coronado Air Station, California, where she taught survival at sea to air crewmen and pilots. She later worked at the Navy Marine Mammal Program in the training detachment.

Last Updated: 29 March 2023