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Title	[Portrait of Joyce A. Heflin in navy uniform]
Date	Undated
Subject headings	Persian Gulf War, 1991 United States. Navy--Women
Era	Post-Vietnam, Panama, Grenada (1975-1989) Gulf War (1990-2000)
Service branch	Navy
Item description	Undated portrait of Joyce A. Heflin attired in Navy dress blue service uniform with white gloves and officer cap in hand. An United States Navy officer insignia can be observed on her cap.
Veteran's name	Heflin, Joyce A.
Veteran's biography	Joyce Heflin served in the United States Navy and served from 1978 through 1993 and retired as a lieutenant commander. Joyce Heflin was born in Tacoma Park, Maryland, and grew up in Rockville, Maryland. She attended the State University of New York at Cortland, earning a bachelor’s degree in physical education. She then taught kindergarten through 4th grade and coached various sports at the middle and upper school level for two years. After working towards, but not completing, a master’s degree in exercise psychology at the University of Maryland, Heflin enlisted in the United States Navy. Heflin attended Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island. Her first duty station was at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, where she taught physical education. After three years, she was assigned to Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida. In Pensacola, Heflin became the avionics division officer and had the rank of lieutenant. Also while at Pensacola, Heflin earned a master’s degree from the University of West Florida in education and training. In 1984, Heflin was selected for naval postgraduate school, which was in Monterey, California, where she earned a second master’s in management. After naval postgraduate school, Heflin worked as a placement officer from 1986 through 1987. She then worked at the National Defense University and became a network manager. In 1993, the U.S. military offered a temporary option for servicemembers to retire after 15 years of service, which Heflin accepted, retiring as a lieutenant commander. She then accepted a civilian job offer from Bell Atlantic (later known as Verizon).
Type	image
Original format	photographs
Image type	Formal portrait
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	WV0487 Joyce A. Heflin Papers
Collection summary	Collection includes April 2010 oral history interview and photographs taken during Heflin's Navy service.
Rights statement	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Additional rights information	IN COPYRIGHT. This item is subject to copyright. Contact the rights holder noted above for permission to reuse.
Object ID	WV0487.6.001
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	900815387

[Portrait of Joyce A. Heflin in navy uniform]

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