DO BLACK LIVES MATTER

Madeline swegle

Swegle's achievement comes some 46 years after naval aviator Rosemary Mariner became the first woman in the Navy to fly tactical jets in 1974. Mariner, who eventually rose to the rank of captain and also became the first woman to assume command of an aviation squadron anywhere in the U.S. military, retired in 1997
According to the military newspaper Stars and Stripes, the native of Virginia graduated from the US Naval Academy in 2017.
According to the Navy, Swegle is currently assigned to the 21 Redhawks of the Training Fleet in Kingsville, Texas, and according to the Navy, he will reward his golden wings with a ceremony on July 31.
Rear Adm Navy information chief Paula D. Dunn applauded Swegle on social media and wrote that she was “very proud” of the graduate. “Go ahead and kick your ass,” he wrote.
“Every day of your life is just my sister, my boss,” Swegle’s sister wrote on Twitter.
His brother added, “He doesn’t even cover his pride.”

"I'm excited to have this opportunity to work harder and fly high performance jet aircraft in the fleet," Swegle said in a statement. "It would've been nice to see someone who looked like me in this role; I never intended to be the first. I hope it's encouraging to other people."
Swegle, a 2017 US Naval Academy graduate, follows in the footsteps of other remarkable women in the armed forces, such as the late Capt. Rosemary Mariner, an aviation pioneer who became one of the first female Navy pilots to fly Navy tactical aircraft in 1974, and Lt. Cmdr. Brenda Robinson, who became the Navy's first Black female pilot in 1980.
Swegle's historic accomplishment comes as the Navy takes a hard look at discrimination amid growing nationwide concern about racial injustice and works to, as Navy leaders said in June, "identify and remove racial barriers and improve inclusion within our Navy."
"Lt. j.g. Swegle has proven to be a courageous trailblazer," Commander, Naval Air Forces Vice Adm. DeWolfe "Bullet" Miller III said in a statement last Friday. "She has joined a select group of people who earned Wings of Gold and answered the call to defend our nation from the air. The diversity of that group—with differences in background, skill and thought—makes us a stronger fighting force."

Madeline Swegle Matters

Thank you for visiting