Naval Training Center - Rudder Yearbook (Orlando, FL)

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CAPTAIN BARBARA R. NYCE UNITED STATES NAVY COMMANDING OFFICER RECRUIT TRAINING COMMAND Captain Barbara R. NYCE was commissioned an Ensign in December 1962 and served her first tour as the Educational Services Officer at the Naval Security Station in Washington, D.C., from March 1963 to July 1964. She reported to the Recruit Training Command in Bainbridge, Maryland, in Au- gust 1964 for duty as the Assistant to Military Department Head. She subsequently served as Head of the Military De- partment, completing her tour in September 1966. Ordered to the staff of the Commander in Chief, Allied Forces Southern Europe in Naples, Italy, in October 1966, Captain NYCE was assigned first as a Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff and later as Flag Lieutenant to CINCSOUTH. Returning from overseas in November 1968 she spent a year as a student at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. In January 1970 Captain NYCE reported to the staff of Commander, Amphibious Forces, Pacific Fleet where she served for two years in the Resources Management Branch as the Type Commander's Budget Officer. ln February 1972 she was assigned to the Bureau of Naval Personnel serving first as Head of the BUPERS Manual Branch, next as a Branch Head, in the Compensation and Entitlement 6 Policy Division, and finally as Action Officer in the Officer Professional Development Division. From July 1976 to July 1977 Captain NYCE attended the College of Naval Warfare at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, after which she was ordered to the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations in the Systems Analysis Division and assigned to the Resource Analysis Group. Captain NYCE served as Commanding Offi- cer, Naval Technical Training Center, Treasure Island, from June 1978 to September 1980 and as an assistant Division Director and Division Director in the Distribution Department of the Naval Military Personnel Command until October 1982, when she was assigned as the Special Assistant for Women's Policy in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations lManpower, Personnel and Training IOP-OIWII. Captain NYCE assumed command of Recruit Training Com- mand, Orlando, on 8 June 1983. Captain NYCE is a graduate of Towson State College in Maryland where she was awarded a B.S. degree in Education. In 1969 she was awarded a M.S. degree in Business Adminis- tration lfconomicsl from the Naval Postgraduate School.

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1 April 1982 COMMANDER, NAVAL TRAINING CENTER, ORLANDO REAR ADMIRAL PAULINE M. HARTINGTON, U.S. NAVY Rear Admiral Hartington is a native of Providence, Rhode Island, and a graduate of Classical High School and Rhode Island College of Education, Providence. She was commissioned Ensign, U.S. Naval Reserve on 25 August 1953, completing Women Officer Indoctrination School lClass W- 1 3l, Newport, Rhode Island, in December 1953. She subsequently served in a variety of junior office assignments as Communications Watch Office, Research Assistant, and Infor- mation and Education Officer at Newport, Rhode Island, and Olathe, Kansas. In May 1959, she reported as Aide to the Director, Aviation Plans Division COP-501, serving until May 1963, when she reported to the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, for duty under instruction. After completion of the Personnel Management Curriculum in 1964, Rear Admiral Hartington was assigned as the Navy Member, President's Task Force on the War Against Poverty. This task force was the nucleus for the Office of Economic Opportunity, where she served as Special Assistant to the Director, Urban Centers, Job Corps, until April 1966. Rear Admiral Hartington served subsequent tours at the Bureau of Naval Personnel as Head, Officer Undergraduate EducationfForeign Language Training, and as Head, Disability Retirement Branch. She returned to Newport, Rhode Island, on the staff, Commander, Naval Base, as Plans Officer and Assistant for Women. During this tour, she served additional duty as Area Logistics Officer for the Latin American CNOs Conference hosted by Admiral Zumwalt at the Naval War College in April 1970, and received the Navy Commendation Medal. Upon her detach- ment from the Naval Base Staff, she received the Meritorious Service Medal and reported to the Naval District Washington, as Director, Military Personnel Division. In July 1973, she was selected as the first Navy woman officer to attend the National War College, Fort Leslie J. McNair, Washington, DC. Upon graduation in June 1974, she reported to the Office of the Secretary, Joint Chiefs of Staff, as Chief, Control Division. She was promoted to Captain on 1 September 1974. In May 1975, she became Executive Secretary, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Deputy Secretary on 1 June 19765 and was appointed Secretary, Joint Chiefs of Staff, on 1 September 1976, the first woman to serve in a billet that had been filled previously by a flag or general offi- cer for thirty-four years. She was awarded the Legion of Merit upon her detachment in May 1977. On 22 June 1977, she assumed command of the Navy Manpower and Material Analysis Center, Pacific, San Diego, California, becoming the second woman to command a maior shore installation in the Navy. She relinquished command on 28 June 1979 and was awarded a gold star in lieu of a second Meritorious Service Medal. On 1 August 1979, she became Deputy Director, Total Force Planning Division, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations lManpower, Personnel and Trainingl QOP-017. She was selected for appointment to Rear Admiral, Unres- tricted Line, in February 1981, becoming the second woman officer so selected. She took command of the Naval Training Center, Orlando, Florida, on 10 September 1981. In addition to the Legion of Merit, two Meritorious Service Medals, and the Navy Commendation Medal, Rear Admiral Hartington wears the National Defense Service Ribbon with Bronze Star. Rear Admiral Hartington is a permanent resident of Chappell Hill, Texas. She is the daughter of Augustine Hartington of Middletown, Rhode Island, and the late Katherine lKosikaskil Hart- ington.

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E 7bb DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY om.ANno. FLORIDA 32813 4165 'NT UI 04:6 ' RECRLHT TRAINING COMMAND U FROM: Commanding Officer TO: The Graduating Recruits 'l. My sincere congratulations on having successfully com pleted one of the most difficult and demanding periods of your life. The training you have undergone has required an adjustment to a new and different environment. It has pre- pared you to undertake an awesome responsibility and as- sume your rightful place in our society. I am confident that the lessons learned have better prepared you for your future endeavors to the Navy and to the Nation. 2. You have been taught many things that will be useful to you throughout your life, but perhaps the most important of these was that you can accomplish any task with true effort and desire. lt is this lesson that has marked our Navy with pride since its beginning. As you ioin the Fleet and proceed on to bigger and better challenges, remember it takes a proud crew to make a fine ship. 3. l wish you Fair winds and following seas. B.R. NYCE Captain, U.S. Navy