Julia Brownley tweeted the following:
"Captain Mariner was named commander of Navy Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 34 at Naval Air Station Point Mugu. The unit was 30 percent female and made Captain Mariner the first woman to command an operational air squadron."Read on Twitter
Here are other recent tweets from Julia Brownley:
"Captain Mariner, a former resident of Ventura County, joined the Navy in 1973 where she became a member of the Navys first flight-training class for women."Read on Twitter
"To address this issue, I convened a local citizen advisory panel, comprised of veterans and community leaders to select a woman veteran for whom we could name the new VA clinic in Ventura."Read on Twitter
"After receiving recommendations from the community, the advisory panel chose to name the new clinic after Captain Rosemary Bryant Mariner."Read on Twitter
Alerts Sign-up