I got my first ship, USS VULCAN AR-5, Repair Ship out of NORVA AFTER I’d already been a Chief since 1984! I enlisted APR 1973, women were not allowed on ships. In OCT 1988, requested “to come aboard” as DTC of DENTAL DEPT. I married 1STSGT Roger Edgar Makolandra, USMC, In DEC 1988 and 2 weeks later, on New Years Eve, I shipped out to the Mediterranean on a SIX Month Deployment with the Sixth Fleet. I wanted to sing Anchors Aweigh as we manned the rails and were haze gray & underway⚓️