,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,r4 #gfih  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of 
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #bj1
 #bjbb,received  ,,an ,,act  ,to        
designate the outpatient clinic of the  
,department of ,veterans ,affairs in    
,ventura1 ,california1 as the ,captain  
,rosemary ,bryant ,mariner ,outpatient  
,clinic4  #a4 ,findings ,congress finds 
the following3 7#a7 ,as of ,january     
#bjba1 of the #a1bee health care        
facilities of the ,department of        
,veterans ,affairs1 two are named after 
women4  7#b7 ,rosemary ,ann ,bryant was 
born on ,april #b1 #aiec1 in ,harlingen1
 ,texas1 to ,captain ,cecil ,bryant and 
,constance ,boylan ,bryant1 a ,world    
,war ,,ii ,navy nurse4  7#c7 ,captain   
,mariner was the first woman to enroll  
in the aeronautics program at ,purdue   
,university in #aiga4  7#d7 ,captain    
,mariner joined the ,navy in #aigc1 and 
after graduating from officer candidate 
school that year1 she became a member of
 the ,navy's first flight-training class

 for women4  7#e7 ,in #aigd1 ,captain   
,mariner was one of six women to earn   
her wings and in #aige she became the   
first female ,naval aviator to fly a jet
 attack aircraft4  7#f7 ,in ,july #aiij1
 ,captain ,mariner was named commander  
of ,navy ,tactical ,electronic ,warfare 
,squadron #cd at ,naval ,air ,station   
,point ,mugu in ,ventura ,county1       
,california4 ,the unit was #cj percent  
female and made ,captain ,mariner the   
first woman to command an operational   
air squadron1 even though women were    
still barred from flying combat         
missions4  7#g7 ,captain ,mariner became
 a passionate advocate for women in the 
military1 leading the ,women ,military  
,aviators and working with ,congress and
 the ,department of ,defense to lift    
restrictions barring women from flying  
in combat4  7#h7 ,captain ,mariner      
attended the ,national ,war ,college in 
the ,district of ,columbia1 earning a   
master's degree in national security    
strategy and served on the staff of the 

,joint ,chiefs at the ,pentagon1 and a  
professor of joint military studies at  
the ,national ,war ,college4  7#i7      
,captain ,mariner retired from the ,navy
 in #aiig1 and moved to ,tennessee with 
her husband ,commander ,tommy ,mariner  
and her daughter ,emmalee4  7#aj7       
,during her ,naval career ,captain      
,mariner logged #ag landings on aircraft
 carriers and more than #cejj flight    
hours in #ae different aircraft4  7#aa7 
,in retirement1 ,captain ,mariner       
continued her service in her community  
as a resident scholar in the ,university
 of ,tennessee's ,center for the ,study 
of ,war and ,society1 and taught        
military history in ,,ut's history      
department for #ae years4  7#ab7        
,captain ,mariner passed away from      
ovarian cancer on ,january #bd1 #bjai1  
in ,knoxville1 ,tennessee4  7#ac7 ,in   
honor of ,captain ,mariner1 the ,united 
,states ,navy conducted its first       
all-female flyover at the funeral       
service for ,captain ,mariner on        

,saturday1 ,february #b1 #bjai1 in      
,maynardville1 ,tennessee4  7#ad7 ,in   
,july #bjba1 a panel of ,ventura ,county
 members of the ,armed ,forces1         
veterans1 and military spouses          
recommended that the ,ventura ,medical  
,center be named in honor of ,captain   
,rosemary ,bryant ,mariner4  #b4        
,designation of ,captain ,rosemary      
,bryant ,mariner ,outpatient ,clinic    
7a7 ,designation ,the outpatient clinic 
of the ,department of ,veterans ,affairs
 in ,ventura1 ,california1 shall after  
the date of the enactment of this ,act  
be known and designated as the ,captain 
,rosemary ,bryant ,mariner ,outpatient  
,clinic4  7b7 ,references ,any reference
 in a law1 map1 regulation1 document1   
paper1 or other record of the ,united   
,states to the facility referred to in  
subsection 7a7 shall be deemed to be a  
reference to the ,captain ,rosemary     
,bryant ,mariner ,outpatient ,clinic4   
,passed the ,house of ,representatives  
,september #ai1 #bjbb4;,cheryl ,l4      

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