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[edit] Is this correct?

I moved the following paragraph here because I could not verify it. Sources I've seen indicate that the WAVES were disbanded after WWII:

The WAVES continued to serve through the Vietnam War. WAVES officer candidates were trained for 16 weeks at the Newport, Rhode Island Naval Base. Enlisted WAVES were trained at Bainbridge, Maryland. During the 1970's consideration was given to allowing WAVES to serve aboard ships. Ultimately, LT Valerie Zeller, USNR, was assigned to two weeks reserve duty aboard the USS Sanctuary in 1975. A few years later, the WAVES were disbanded and women were allowed to serve on ships and be assigned to all Navy specialties.

ike9898 03:12, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

- The WAVES were NOT disbanded at the end of World War II. Most of them were discharged, but a small number of dedicated officers and enlisted women under the leadership of Captain Joy Bright Hancock were laying plans for a campaign to have the WAVES made a permanent part of the Regular Navy. Their hard work paid off in 1948, when the women's components of all the armed forces were made permanent.

See Hancock, Capt. Joy Bright, Lady in the Navy US Naval Institute Press.

204.27.190.53 22:25, 26 April 2007 (UTC)RogerInPDX