Mary Bonnin

Mary Bonnin
Mary Bonnin
	Photo from 1980 at Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center in Panama City, FL. Mary Bonnin, accompanied by First Class diving students Walt Boyd and Chuck Bloomer, preparing for a Mark V mixed gas training dive.
Born	Baraboo, WI
Allegiance	United States
Service/branch	Navy
Years of service	20
Rank	Master Chief
Awards	First Female Master Diver

Mary Bonnin is a former Master Chief in the United States Navy. She retired from her position in 1996. She had been with the United States Navy for 20 years, graduating at the top of her class in both air and gas surface-supplied diving. She then became the first woman Master Diver,^[1] and later she would be one of the first women to enter the Women Divers Hall of Fame.

^ "She stays afloat in a mostly men's world: Mary Bonnin is the Navy's first and only female master diver". Virginia Beach Beacon. 17 February 1994. Retrieved 22 September 2009.

[1] "She stays afloat in a mostly men's world: Mary Bonnin is the Navy's first and only female master diver". Virginia Beach Beacon. 17 February 1994. Retrieved 22 September 2009.

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