CT Rating Opens to Navy Women

After 18 years as a closed rate to Navy women, the Communications Technician rate has opened up. Over the holiday leave period, SR Barbara Zich, SR Carol Frost, and SR Paulette Blake, reported aboard the Naval Communication Training Center (Corry Station) from RTC Orland for CT “A” (administrative branch school).

Navy women have previously received CT training in YN school at Imperial Beach. They were dropped from the school in 1954 primarily because of the difficulty it took to send such a few number of women to duty stations in the restricted rate. By 1960 most of the rated women CT’s were out of service. The first Navy women now arriving for CT school here will be enrolled in “A” Branch school. Eventually “O” and “R” Branch school will open up. CT “A” school is a six week course.