Mary Prise:  

he was promoted to Senior Chief Petty Officer *1989-91-She worked as certified alcohol counsel at Norfolk Alcohol Rehabilitation Center; and she trained navy and civilian personnel in the navy's policies regarding alcoholism *1991-93-She served as Senior Enlisted Member on the U.S.S. Ainsworth; and she estified before a panel of the Presidential Commission for Women in Combat. *1993-94-She served at Operations Specialists School in Virginia Beach SOME FIRSTS SHE ACCOMPLISHED DURING HER CAREER: *1976-77-She was the first woman to finish the U.S. Navy's Radar Specialist School all-male class with Honor Graduate Designation *1982-84-She was the first woman to conduct refresher training courses on navy ships *She was the first woman to conduct amphibious ship-to-shore training at the Amphibious School *1987-89-She was the first woman Chief Petty Officer to serve as Assistant Officer in charge of a military detachment of twenty on board a U.S.N.S. Merchant Marine Ship. She was responsible for all communications for the ship. *1991-She was the first woman to become the leading Chief Petty Officer on board a navy frigate, the U.S.S. Ainsworth *1994-She was the first woman to serve on board the nuclear aircraft carrier, the John C. Stennis *1995-She was the first grandmother on the nuclear aircraft carrier, the John C. Stennis after serving twenty years in the military