Senior Chief Yeoman April Swingly Maletz presents Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service National founder, Jeannie Harrington Dicks, with a 1950 edition of The Bluejacket's Manual at the WAVES National convention.

NORFOLK (Aug. 25, 2010) Senior Chief Yeoman April Swingly Maletz presents Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) National founder, Jeannie Harrington Dicks, with a 1950 edition of The Bluejacket's Manual at the WAVES National convention. Dicks lost her original copy years ago during a move. WAVES National was founded in 1978 to bring together women from all sea services. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 3rd Class William Jamieson) File# 100825-N-5085J-024