Kay Lynn Hartzell (6 September 1948 — 26 February 2016)
was a
United States Coast Guard
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officer, notable for being the first female commanding officer of an isolated U.S. military base, when she assumed command of the
Coast Guard
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LORAN
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/Omega station on the island of
Lampedusa
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The '' comune'' of ...
,
Italy
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, in 1979, as a
lieutenant
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The meaning of lieutenant differs in different militaries (see comparative military ranks), but it is often ...
.
/ref> Hartzell retired in 1993 at the rank of commander.
References
1948 births
2016 deaths
United States Coast Guard officers
Female United States Coast Guard personnel
American LGBT military personnel
LGBT women
21st-century American women
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