Margie L. Turner

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  • Bachelor of Science from Tuskegee University in 1963
  • Upon completion of Officer Candidate School in 1964, commissioned as an ensign in the United States Navy  
  • First female officer to serve as Officer-in-Charge of the Movement Report Center, Staff, commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet at Norfolk, Virginia
  • First female officer of any of the armed services to be assigned to the position as Branch Chief, Message Processing Branch, Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 
  • First African American female office to attend Naval War College
  • First African American female to have a command within the Naval Telecommunications Command
  • First African American female line officer to attain rank of Commander and Captain
  • Wears the Defense Meritorious Service Medal Joint Commendation Medal and the National Defense Medal
  • Retired from military service January 1, 1992
Margie L. Turner