Karen Irene Foss

Jul 1, 2019 | Navy

In 1968, Karen Foss was inspired to take a break from her profession as a Senior Recreation Leader for the City of Huntington Beach, California to join the U.S. NAVY. Upon completion of Recruit Training at Bainbridge, MD, Karen was honored at graduation with...

Deanna Halterman Savage

Jun 30, 2019 | Air Force

Deanna Halterman Savage was born in Staunton, Virginia on 17 Jun 1938. After graduating from The Johns Hopkins Hospital School of Nursing in September 1958, I joined the US Air Force Nurse Corps in Sep 1960. First Duty assignment was 7505 USAF Hospital in England as a...

Judith Cheryl (Burdett) Goff

Jun 29, 2019 | Navy

April 1963, Judith Cheryl (Burdett) Goff entered boot camp at the Recruit Training Command (Women), at the U.S. Naval Training Center in Bainbridge, Maryland. Upon graduation she reported to U.S. Naval Air Technical Training, Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida for...

Patricia Whitten-Bell

Jun 17, 2019 | Air Force, Navy

Patricia was born in Germany in 1948 to an Air Force family. She started school in the Phillipines and graduated High School in Thailand. She graduated from Sacramento State University, Sacramento CA. She worked for the Air Force as a civil servant at McClellan AFB CA...

Sara Beck-Garcia

Jun 16, 2019 | Air Force

By my senior year in high school I knew I wanted to join the Air Force, travel, and continue my education. With my parent’s agreement that I would not actually leave until after Christmas, I tested and was accepted into the Air Force in July 1964. In January 1965, I...