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Marilyn Melendez Dykman, the first Hispanic-American female aviator in the US Coast Guard.

Brigadier General Carmelita Schimmenti, the first Hispanic female to attain the rank of general officer in the U.S. Air Force.

Carmen Contreras Bozak, Technician 4th Grade, Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC)/Women's Army Corps (WAC), 1942-1946; the first Hispanic woman in the WAC.

Vanessa Guillen, from Houston, Texas, enlisted in the U.S. Army in June 2018 at the age of 18. She trained in small arms and artillery repair and was assigned to Fort Hood, Texas. Prior to her April 22, 2020, disappearance, Guillen told friends and…

Debra (Lopez) Fix, from Elgin, Texas, entered the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1977. In 1981, she became the first Hispanic woman to graduate from the Academy. She went on to serve in several demanding assignments. While serving at…

Inspired by her father, who served in Korea, and her siblings, Lourdes “Alfie” Alvarado-Ramos long dreamed about serving in the military. She enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1971, at the age of 17, and served for 22 years. Challenged by her gender,…

Army physical therapist Aida Nancy Sanchez, originally from Santurce, Puerto Rico, served at the 95th Evacuation Hospital near Da Nang, Vietnam, from December 1970 to December 1971. As the first physical therapist assigned to the hospital, she set up…

After serving in the U.S. Air Force from 1978 to 1983, Gianna Fimbres, of Tucson, Arizona, enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1987. Trained as a petroleum specialist, Fimbres deployed to Kuwait and Iraq during Operation Desert Storm (1990-1991).…