The Aviation Boatswain's Mate rating was established in all grades in September 1944. The Airship Rigger rating was established in all grades in October 1943. Title changed from Aerographer (Aer) in August 1942. For more information please visit our Facebook page.Main page: USN Enlisted Rating Insignia of World War II Interested in finding out more information on women in the Navy? The National Museum of the American Sailor invites you to attend a virtual presentation of “Great Lakes, Great Women” on Tuesday, Augat 6:00 pm CDT.
Since the establishment of the Navy Nurse Corps in 1908, women in the United States Navy continue to serve as examples of what the Navy represents: honor, courage, and commitment. Within a month of its passing, the Navy swore in its first six female enlistees. The Women’s Armed Services Integration Act, which became law on June 12, 1948, enabled women to serve as permanent, regular members of the armed forces. Since the end of World War II, women’s roles in the Navy continued to progress significantly. The courses she took ultimately qualified her as an anti-aircraft gunnery instructor and trained new recruits in San Francisco, most likely at Naval Station Treasure Island. Hailing from Syracuse, New York, Benz entered the WAVES in 1942 and attended anti-aircraft gunnery school at Naval Station Great Lakes – the first Navy base to offer this type of training for WAVES. Expanding upon administrative or nursing duties, according to the Naval History and Heritage Command, more than 30% “of the WAVES worked as naval aviation training pilots, air traffic controllers, and parachute testers.” Seaman Second Class Mary Benz (Gere) is an example of one of these women. World War II served as a catalyst for ways in which women could serve in the Navy in non-traditional gender-defined roles. According to Naval History and Heritage Command, these women were the first Black WAVES “to enter the Hospital Corps School at the National Naval Medical Center” in Bethesda, Maryland on March 2, 1945. Three WAVES Hospital Apprentices (left to right: Ruth Isaacs, Katherine Horton, and Inez Patterson).
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