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Title
[Lieutenant
Commander
Sally
Ann
Weeks
Benson
onboard
the
USS
Kitty
Hawk
,
1994]
Date
1994
Subject headings
United States. Navy--Women
United States--History--1945-
Era
Post-Vietnam, Panama, Grenada (1975-1989)
Gulf War (1990-2000)
War on Terror, OEF, OIF (2001-Present)
Service branch
Navy
Item description
Lieutenant
Commander
Sally
Ann
Weeks
Benson
and
Commanding
Officer
,
Captain
William
Wilson
"
Bear
"
Pickavance
,
aboard
the
USS
Kitty
Hawk
in the
Sea
of
Japan
;
August
or
September
1994
.
Veteran's name
Benson, Sally Ann Weeks
Veteran's biography
Sally
Ann
Weeks
Benson
was
born
26
January
1947
, in
Aiken
,
South
Carolina
. She
attended
The
University
of
North
Carolina
at
Greensboro
from
1965-1969
where
she
graduated
with a
Bachelor
of
Science
in
Home
Economics
with a
Clothing
major
.
Benson
was a
division
sales
manager
at
Hudson
Belk
before
joining
the
United
States
Navy
in
1981
. She was
commissioned
into the
United
States
Navy
as an
Ensign
in
July
1981
and
served
until
August
2002
. She
retired
with the
rank
of
Commander
.
Benson
served
at
many
duty
stations
during
her
career
. She
attended
officer
training
at the
Naval
Education
and
Training
Center
in
Newport
,
Rhode
Island
from
1981-1984
. She was
stationed
at
Naval
Submarine
Base
New
London
in
Groton
,
Connecticut
from
1985-1986
;
Naval
Station
Treasure
Island
near
Oakland
,
California
from
1986-89
;
Bureau
of
Naval
Personnel
,
Navy
Annex
,
Arlington
,
Virginia
from
1989-1992
, and
Naval
Air
Station
Alameda
in
Alameda
,
California
from
1992-1994
.
Benson
served
as
Commander
,
Fleet
Activities
in
Sasebo
,
Japan
from
1994-1996
, and then
attended
the
Army
Command
General
College
in
Leavenworth
,
Kansas
from
June
1996-June
1997
.
Afterwards
she
served
with the
Joint
Chiefs
of
Staff
at the
Pentagon
in
Washington
,
D.C
. from
1997-2000
, and as
Commander
for the
Naval
Technical
Training
Center
in
Meridian
,
Mississippi
from
2000-2002
.
Benson
retired
in
May
2002
to
Coats
,
North
Carolina
with her
husband
Eric
Benson
.
Type
Image
Original format
photographs
Original publisher
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified]
Contributing institution
Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries
Source collection
WV0579 Sally Ann Weeks Benson Papers, 1961-2015
Collection summary
March
2015
oral
history
interview
,
photographs
,
publications
,
correspondence
,
uniforms
and
textiles
,
insignia
,
artifacts
, and
audiovisual
materials
.
Series/grouping
2: Photographs, Undated
Box
4
Folder
1: Photographs, Undated
Finding aid link
http://libapps.uncg.edu/archon/index.php?p=collections/findingaid&id=728&q=
Rights statement
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Additional rights information
IN
COPYRIGHT
. This
item
is
subject
to
copyright
.
Contact
the
rights
holder
noted
above
for
permission
to
reuse
.
Object ID
WV0579.6.002
Digital publisher
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5304 --
http://library.uncg.edu/
OCLC number
935793005
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