Title: 'A badass pilot': Capt. Rosemary Mariner, first woman to fly a tactical fighter jet, dies
Headings: 'A badass pilot': Capt. Rosemary Mariner, first woman to fly a tactical fighter jet, dies
'A badass pilot': Capt. Rosemary Mariner, first woman to fly a tactical fighter jet, dies
Pioneering Navy aviator given historic final salute with all-female flyover
Groundbreaking aviator Capt. Rosemary Mariner dies at 65
"Right from the get-go, Rosemary was a lot of grit and determination wrapped up in a small package."
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Content: Despite the women's ability to keep up, there were some in the Navy that were not entirely open to them being there. "I would say the reception in the fleet was skeptical, but not overtly hostile," Oslund said. " It was dubbed as a trial program, so the Navy, honestly, I don't think they expected us to stay for 20 years." The Navy will honor retired Capt. Rosemary Mariner with a ceremonial flyover. The Smithsonian
In interviews over the years, Mariner, a Texas native who was raised in San Diego, credited the commanding officer of her first squadron, Capt. Ray Lambert, who was black, with mentoring her on how to succeed. Recommended
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"He taught me how black men in the Navy and all the services networked. He told me how it was going to be and what we would need to do as women,” she told the University of Tennessee, where she taught U.S. military history for years, in November 2017. “ He was adamant that women should never have a separate chain of command.