Women’s Equality DayAug. 26, 2011

"I call upon the people of the United States to celebrate the achievements of women and recommit ourselves to the goal of gender equality in this country.

"The 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution tore down the last formal barrier to women's enfranchisement in our Nation and empowered America's women to have their voices heard in the halls of power."

"On the 91st anniversary of this landmark in civil rights, we continue to uphold the foundational American principles that we are all equal, and that each of us deserves a chance to pursue our dreams."

~President Barack ObamaAugust 28, 2011

CAPT Joycelin Saunders, USN, SC

Commanding Officer

CMDCM Teri ZehnackerCommand Master Chief

1st Female CO of

NAVSUP FLC

Jacksonville

CDR Elisabeth Farrell, USN, SC

Business Operations Director

CDR Tyonia BurnsFLC Jacksonville Site

Director (NOLA)

LCDR Mary Kessler, USN, SC

FLC Jacksonville Site Director

(Meridian)

Logistics Management Specialists Judith Wills (left) and Nuria McEwen were among the first women to occupy this particular occupational field at the NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center Jacksonville (Southeast Regional Maintenance Center).

LS1 (SW/AW) Nicola Canada is a known leader at NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center Jacksonville. She has been recognized as the Command’s Senior Sailor of the Quarter and Sailor of the Year.

Loretta Fudge performs Outgoing/Incoming HHG Inspections at the member’s residence. Fudge also serves as a backup HHG counselor in the absence of the primary HHG counselor.

LS1 Deborah Byrd readies official mail for placement into customer post boxes.

Delivering the Mail to the Fleet

Iris Linder is the LHA Project Office Lead at NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center Jacksonville, SUPSHIP Gulf Coast. There are four Project Office leads which have traditionally been male-dominated positions. Linder was promoted to this position due to her extensive knowledge of the LHD/LHA programs. She coordinates all activity between the SSGC LHD/LHA Program Office and NAVSUP FLC Jacksonville Code 500H in Pascagoula, MS.

LS1 Kishieka Hadnot verifies a shipping documentation for an Aviation Depot Level Repairable carcass being shipped in support of the Navy's electronic Retrograde Management System (eRMS).

Deputy Site Director Laura McLaughlin discusses paperwork for material received in the Corpus Christi, Texas warehouse with Tom Trochlell, while Joanie Deets watches on the forklift behind in the background.

Fort Worth-based LS1 Cynthia Martinez inspects a piece of official mail for potential suspicious markings prior to authorizing on-base delivery.

MAKING CUSTOMER SUPPORT #1 AT SERMCNAVSUP FLC Jacksonville Sailors FC2 Courtney Ortega (left) and LS2 Shanterrius Wright have both been in the Navy for nearly five years.

There are nearly 63,000 women, active and reserve, serving in our Navy today. Additionally, nearly 50,000 women serve across our Navy in a wide range of specialties as civilian employees.

NAVSUP FLC JACKSONVILLE’S FT. WORTH-BASED WOMEN PROVIDE OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER

SUPPORT.

MM2 Crystal McTighe is an active member of the NAVSUP FLC Jacksonville Key West-based Cryogenic Technician team that delivers more than 28,000 gallons of liquid oxygen (LOX) and liquid nitrogen (LIN) to more than 15 squadrons.

MORE NOTABLE FLC JACKSONVILLE WOMEN

• NOLA Command Master Chief LSCM Kathleen Zaloudek

• Diane Moll, Deputy Site Director @ Key West• Nancy Morgan, Deputy Director of Supply

Management• Tammy Bair, Deputy Director of Contracts• Gwendolyn Hall, Supply Systems Management

THANK YOUTO EACH AND EVERY WOMAN WORKING AT NAVSUP FLEET LOGISTICS CENTER JACKSONVILLE. YOU PROVIDE OUTSTANDING PRODUCTS AND SERVICES TO OUR CUSTOMERS EVERY SINGLE DAY, AND THIS IS JUST ONE MORE REASON WHY THIS PARTICULAR FLC SHINES SO BRIGHT.

Alice Paul, leader of the National Woman’s Party, unfurled the completed Ratification Flag in Washington D.C. in August 1920 to celebrate passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guaranteeing women nationally the right to vote. (Credit: Library of Congress/”Winning the Vote”)