(Women's History Month) Day 29: Honoring and Celebrating retired US Army Master Sergeant Andrea Motley Crabtree!

Did you know that in 1982 retired Master Sergeant Andrea Motley Crabtree became the Army’s first female deep-sea diver and the first African American female deep-sea diver in ANY BRANCH of the MILITARY? 

Motley Crabtree said in 2023, “I expected to go through a lot of hazing when I went through dive school and I did,” she recalled, “and I actually agree with the process. Once that diver badge is pinned on, any diver that sees that pin knows exactly what I went through and what I’m capable of, and I knew the same of them … If they were wearing that pin, I knew they knew what they were doing. That should have been enough. That should tell it all. For me, it never stopped. I had to prove myself over and over and over again every day.”

Learn more about this incredible woman who persisted and rose above racism and sexism to honor dreams, her family, and her country. News Article