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TOP WOMEN IN THE ARMED FORCES
Under Rear Adm. Stosz’s watch the academy is implement- ing programs aimed at transitioning diverse cadets through retention programs. She earned a bachelor’s degree in government in 1982 and was awarded a master’s in business administration in 1994.
Rear Adm. Cari B. Thomas United States Coast Guard Assistant Commandant for Response Policy (CG-5R)
ear Adm. Cari Thomas oversees the development of strategic response doctrine and policy guidance for all Coast Guard forces. These policies en- compass seven of the eleven operation- al maritime missions in the areas of law enforcement, search and rescue, coun- terterrorism and defense operations, oil spill response, incident management and preparedness, and contingency exercise programs.
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A 1984 graduate of the Coast Guard Academy, Rear Adm. Thomas served in cutters Vigorous, Valiant, and commanded Manitou. Additionally, her operational assignments included commander, Sector Miami, Response Operations. Highlights of these assignments included hurricane responses and national security special events. Extending her expertise in leading new Department of Homeland Security response regimes, she served two years as the chief of staff to principal federal official (PFO), Northeast Region.
Rear Admiral Thomas graduated with distinction from the Naval War College with a masters of arts in national security and strategic studies. She also holds a master of science in educational leadership from Troy State Univer- sity and a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the Coast Guard Academy.
Rear Adm. Maura K. Dollymore Assistant U.S. Surgeon General Coast Guard’s Surgeon General and Chief Safety Officer, Director of Health, Safety and Work-Life
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ear Adm. Maura Dollymore is responsible for the Coast
Guard’s health care system of 42 clinics and 150 sick bays, as well as operational and off-duty mishap prevention, response and investi- gation. She also oversees child- care and food services delivery programs, ashore and afloat, and ombudsman, substance abuse, health promotion and sexual assault prevention and response programs.
RADM Dollymore received her doctorate of medicine degree from University of Maryland in 1981. Her internal medicine training was done at the University of Maryland and the Loch Raven, Va. Hospital and completed in 1984. She entered the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service in 1984 as a National Health Service Corps Scholar. She served for three years in southwest Virginia helping to open a rural hospital in an isolated mining community, where she pro- vided primary care including obstetrics.
After completing her assignment in 1987, Dr. Dollymore became the medical director of the Shenandoah Commu- nity Health Center. Her eight years of medical practice were dedicated to direct patient care to underserved populations. In addition, she volunteered as a reservist with the Indian Health Service.
In 1995, Dr. Dollymore returned to active duty. MARINE CORPS
Maj. Gen. Angela Salinas Director of Manpower Management Division Manpower and Reserve Affairs, Headquarters Marine Corps
n 2006, Maj. Gen. Angela Salinas, born in Alice, Texas, to Mexican immigrants, became the first woman to command the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego. She is also the first Hispanic female to become a United States Marine Corps general officer, and the sixth female to reach the rank of brigadier general.
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Maj. Gen. Salinas began her military career at Parris Island af- ter enlisting into the Marine Corps in 1974. After graduation from the Dominican College of San Rafael with a bachelor’s degree in history in 1977, she was commissioned as a second lieutenant and assigned to the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing. In 1980, she was assigned to the Woman Recruit Training Com- mand at Parris Island, where she served as a series command- er, executive officer, and battalion operations officer.
She also served as a deputy to the Special Assistant for Gener- al/Flag Officer Matters in the Office of the Director, Joint Staff at the Pentagon; and chief of staff, Marine Corps Recruiting Command at Quantico. Salinas commanded the 4th Recruit Training Battalion and the 12th Marine Corps District. She
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