Imagine being the first at something? Dr. Darlene Iskra was the first woman Commander of a ship in the US Navy! She served in the US Navy for 21 years.. She was also one of the first woman officers to serve as a Diving Officer and she served on four different ships before taking command of the Rescue and Savage ship USS Opportune during Operation Desert Shield/Storm in December 1990. She has a Ph.D in Sociology and an MA in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College. She was inducted into the Women Divers Hall of Fame in 2008 and the San Francisco State University Alumni Hall of Fame in 2009.
