I am a sailor.
And I am a Navy Reserve sailor...
I am sailor...
In the U.S.
Navy Reserve.
As citizen sailors, we have a tradition of
service going back one hundred years.
And in 2015, we're celebrating our
Centennial.
We're celebrating 100 years of existence.
And here are some highlights of our Navy
Reserve history told by Navy Reserve Sailors.
March 3, 1915...
Congress establishes the United States Naval
Reserve Force.
1916.
The Naval Reserve Flying Corps is established.
1917.
The United States enters World War I.
8000 sailors are in the Naval Reserve Force.
Today's my first drill in the Navy Reserve and in
1917, the first women enter the Naval Reserve Force.
The first female...
that's Chief Yeoman Loretta P. Walsh
She paved the way for me.
I'm Chief Yeoman Jeri Lacy.
By the beginning of 1918, the Naval Reserve Force
has grown to nearly 90,000 sailors serving on active duty.
1918.
Naval Reserve Flying Corps Lieutenant David S Ingalls
is the first and only Navy Ace during World War I.
When the war ends in 1918, there are 270,000 sailors,
including 12,000 women that make up the Naval
Reserve Force.
That's more than half of the Navy!
1925.
The Naval Reserve Force reorganizes and gets a new name....
The U.S. Naval Reserve.
1926.
Six colleges establish the first Naval Reserve
Officer Training units.
More than 1000 students enroll.
I was an NROTC student.
During the 1930's, the Naval Air Reserve Force
grows and supports fleet operations.
Navy Reserve surface sailors train with the
fleet during summer cruises.
1939.
President Roosevelt declares state of
emergency due to the war in Europe.
The Naval Reserve begins to mobilize.
December 7, 1941 - Reserve Sailors aboard the USS
Ward sink a Japanese midget submarine just
prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
This is the first action of the U.S.
Navy in the Pacific War.
Fact: During World War II, 84% of Sailors serving in
the U.S.
Navy are in the Naval Reserve.
1942.
President Roosevelt signs a bill creating the
women's reserve.
Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency
Service or WAVES enter the Navy as enlisted and
officers.
Nearly 100,000 WAVES serve during World War II.
1944.
The Navy begins accepting African American women for
service in the Naval Reserve.
Fact: Five U.S.
presidents serve in the Naval Reserve: John F.
Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson,
Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford and
George H. W. Bush.
1945.
World War II ends.
The Naval Reserve begins to demobilize.
Over the next year, 3,000,000 sailors are
discharged from active duty.
1950.
The Korean War begins.
Once again, the Naval Reserve mobilizes.
Fact: 130,000 Reserve Sailors serve over the
next three years.
1958.
Four Destroyer Escorts transfer to the Naval
Reserve as training platforms.
The number grows to 30 later this year.
1961.
The Berlin Crisis.
Forty Naval Reserve Training Ships and 18
Reserve squadrons mobilize for 1 year.
1962.
The Cuban Missile Crisis.
Naval Air Reserve aviators log more than 775 flight
hours and 350 hours of surveillance.
1968.
Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 12 and 22 deploy
to South Vietnam.
Seabees build aircraft facilities, roads, and
bridges.
1971.
The USS Gearing deploys with a fully integrated crew
of active and reserve sailors.
This was the first implementation
of this type of deployment by the United States Navy.
1973.
The office of the Navy Reserve Force Master Chief
is established.
Richard P.
Johnson becomes the first Navy Reserve Force Master
Chief.
Fact.
Two of your MCPONS were Navy Reserve Sailors, and
we all have served with and support our Navy
Reserve.
1988.
Minesweeping specialists, intelligence personnel,
and other Reserve sailors deploy to the Persian Gulf
during international tensions.
1990.
Iraq invades Kuwait.
Operations DESERT SHIELD and DESERT STORM begin.
The Navy Reserve mobilizes.
Reserve sailors have major roles in cargo handling,
medical and religious support, combat
construction, control of shipping and air
logistics.
1994, the year of my commission.
The U.S. Navy
intervenes in Haiti.
Reserve Sailors mobilize to support Operation
Uphold Democracy.
1999.
Reserve aviators deploy to support electronic combat
missions over Kosovo in Operation ALLIED FORCE.
2000.
Naval Coastal Warfare Units provide port
security in the Persian Gulf after the attack on
the USS Cole.
September 11, 2001.
A day that changed our country forever.
The Navy Reserve is mobilized to support the
Global War on Terror.
2001 Operation Enduring Freedom.
Combat operations begin in Afghanistan.
I have served two tours there.
2003 brings the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom
where I proudly served.
Since 2001, Navy Reserve Sailors have completed
more than 70,000 mobilizations in support
of contingency operations around the world.
I am one of them.
2005.
Admiral Vern Clark, Chief of Naval Operations,
redesignates the reserve component as the Navy
Reserve.
All Sailors, active and reserve are now referred
to as United States Navy Sailors.
2006.
HSC-84 provides dedicated special operations support
in Iraq.
We conduct the longest sustained combat
deployment of U.S
Navy helicopters in history.
2010.
The Haitian Earthquake.
Reserve sailors mobilize to support relief efforts.
2011 Reserve SEAL Teams-17 and 18 provide Special
Warfare Boat Operators.
They deploy bringing combat experience to Naval
Special Warfare Group 11.
On any given week, more than 20% of the Navy
Reserve Force is providing global operational
support.
March 3, 2015 The Navy Reserve celebrates 100
years.
100 years of community
100 years of service
100 years of warfighting
Ready then...
Ready now...
Ready always...
We are the Navy Reserve.
Ready then.
Ready now.
Ready always.