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Coast Guard women history makers are, from left, Capt. Jean Butler, who became the first woman graduate from the Coast Guard Academy in 1980; Capt. Beverly Kelley, the first woman commanding officer afloat in 1979 when she took command of the Coast Guard Cutter Cape Newagen; and Capt. Carol A. Rivers, the first woman commanding officer of a port security unit, who participated in Operation Desert Storm. Photo by Rudi Williams

Coast Guard women history makers are, from left, Capt. Jean Butler, who became the first woman graduate from the Coast Guard Academy in 1980; Capt. Beverly Kelley, the first woman commanding officer afloat in 1979 when she took command of the Coast Guard Cutter Cape Newagen; and Capt. Carol A. Rivers, the first woman commanding officer of a port security unit, who participated in Operation Desert Storm. Photo by Rudi Williams

Coast Guard women history makers are, from left, Capt. Jean Butler, who became the first woman graduate from the Coast Guard Academy in 1980; Capt. Beverly Kelley, the first woman commanding officer afloat in 1979 when she took command of the Coast Guard Cutter Cape Newagen; and Capt. Carol A. Rivers, the first woman commanding officer of a port security unit, who participated in Operation Desert Storm. Photo by Rudi Williams

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