▁died ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁at ▁age ▁ 1 0 7 . ▁ ▁Rec ruit ing ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁out set , ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Navy , ▁U . S . ▁Marine ▁Corps , ▁and ▁US CG ▁agreed ▁to ▁rec ruit ▁and ▁to ▁train ▁the ▁members ▁of ▁their ▁respective ▁women ' s ▁res erves ▁together , ▁using ▁existing ▁Navy ▁facilities . ▁For ▁rec ruit ing ▁purposes , ▁the ▁SP AR S ▁would ▁util ize ▁the ▁Off ices ▁of ▁the ▁Naval ▁Officer ▁Pro c ure ment . ▁Their ▁first ▁rec ruit ing ▁efforts ▁got ▁under way ▁in ▁December ▁ 1 9 4 2 , ▁but ▁they ▁were ▁ham per ed ▁somewhat ▁by ▁the ▁absence ▁of ▁SP AR ▁rec ruit ing ▁personnel . ▁Their ▁absence ▁resulted ▁from ▁the ▁agreement ▁between ▁the ▁Navy ▁and ▁the ▁US CG , ▁where by ▁the ▁SP AR S ▁would ▁receive ▁its ▁first ▁personnel ▁by ▁transfer ▁from ▁the ▁W AV ES . ▁A ▁total ▁of ▁ 1 5 ▁W AV E ▁officers ▁and ▁ 1 5 3 ▁W AV E ▁en list ed ▁women ▁requested ▁and ▁were ▁dis charg ed ▁from ▁the ▁W AV ES ▁to ▁become ▁the ▁first ▁SP AR S . ▁Event ually , ▁SP AR ▁officers ▁were ▁assigned ▁to ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁Naval ▁Officer ▁Pro c ure ment ▁offices . ▁The ▁rec ruit ing ▁information ▁about ▁SP AR S ▁was ▁dis sem in ated ▁with ▁W AV ES ▁public ity ▁materials ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁also ▁done ▁separately . ▁But ▁it ▁became ▁apparent ▁that ▁the