US Navy Rear Admiral in Guyana for Women’s Corps anniversary

In observance of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Women’s Army Corps 50th anniversary, Rear Admiral Martha Herb of the United States Navy is in Guyana for the weeklong celebration.

The GDF invited RDML Herb by name to the anniversary celebrations of the Women’s Army Corps for her continued work in women’s integration in armed forces throughout the Americas, including the Caribbean.
The Rear Admiral is expected to address army women on, among other topics, “the role of women in an evolving armed forces” and “the effects of violence against women on the whole of society”.
Upon her arrival in the country, RDML Herb had called upon Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo.
The Rear Admiral is originally from Atlanta, Georgia.  She was one of the first women officers to graduate from the Naval School of Diving and Salvage in Washington, DC, and was selected to the Women Diver’s Hall of Fame.
She is the recipient of numerous personal decorations and campaign medals.