Kelly (Mogk) Larson was the first woman to complete

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School in the United States on May 23, 1986. She had joined the Coast Guard two years earlier, in 1984. She earned an

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in 1989 for rescuing a downed

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F-4 pilot. In 2009, she retired with the rank of lieutenant commander. She was inducted into the

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in 2019.

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