United States Coast Guard (USCG) Historian's Office

CELEBRATING WOMEN'S HISTORY - Female CG Academy Cadets prepare to march shoulder to shoulder in Pres Carter's Inaugural Parade - 1977

Coast Guard Commandant, ADM Linda Fagan meets SEC DEF Austin Lloyd at the Shangri-La Dialogue 2022. On her first trip abroad as Commandant of the Coast Guard, ADM Fagan met with Naval, Military and Diplomatic leaders from all over the Pacific and the world.

CELEBRATING WOMEN'S HISTORY IN THE CG!: CCG ADM Linda Fagan, first female to lead US military service, meets SECDEF Lloyd Austin.

Coast Guard Commandant, ADM Linda Fagan meets SEC DEF Lloyd Austin at the Shangri-La Dialogue 2022. On her first trip abroad as Commandant of the Coast Guard, ADM Fagan met with Naval, Military and Diplomatic leaders from all over the Pacific and the world.

SPAR trailblazers Olivia Hooker (left) and Aileen Cooke (right).

CELEBRATING WOMEN"S HISTORY MONTH: CG SPARs Julie M. Pole & Winfred Byrd enlist in the Coast Guard

SPAR trailblazers Julie M. Pole (left) and Winifred Byrd (right). Click the image to learn more about SPAR Olivia Hooker, the first African American woman to don a Coast Guard uniform.

CELEBRATING WOMEN'S HISTORY: Aug 1972 - First CG uniformed women to receive basic military training in 25 years -- August 1972 -- at USCG Reserve Training Center, Yorktown, Va.

Original caption: "First New Group of SPARS to receive basic military training in 25 years. August 1972 -- First new class of SPARs to receive basic military training in 25 years graduates at U.S. Coast Guard Reserve Training Center, Yorktown, Va. The class consisted of two groups of about 30 each, completing two weeks of indoctrination."

A 1944 photo of four SPAR CPOs: Left to right: Judith Balinsky, Chief Yeoman, of Akron; Leone Peppard, Chief Storekeeper, of Grand Forks, North Dakota; Leta Belgard, Chief Storekeeper, of Fairport, New York, and Frances Brown, Chief Yeoman, of San Francisco."

CELEBRATING WOMEN'S HISTORY in the COAST GUARD: SPAR Chiefs In Cleveland advance to highest enlisted rating in the Coast Guard -- December 1944.

Original caption reads: "SPAR CHIEFS IN CLEVELAND [;] Chief Petty Officer is the new title of four SPARS on duty in Cleveland who have been advanced recently to the highest enlisted rating in the service. Left to right: Judith Balinsky, Chief Yeoman, of Akron; Leone Peppard, Chief Storekeeper, of Grand Forks, North Dakota; Leta Belgard, Chief Storekeeper, of Fairport, New York, and Frances Brown, Chief Yeoman, of San Francisco." Scan provided by BMCS Tina Claflin, USCG (Ret.) via the National Archives. Original photo taken by PhoM1c R. Sabo on December 8, 1944.