Julia Brownley tweeted the following:
"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
Here are other recent tweets from Julia Brownley:
"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
"Through my work as Chair of the #WomenVetsTaskForce, I am constantly reminded that women are the most visible while serving, and the most invisible when they return to civilian life."Read on Twitter