Army, presented Hickey with the Meritorious Service Medal and letters from the Chief of Naval Operations, the Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy, and from the Governor of New York. I've got your back."ĭuring her retirement ceremony Monday at the Joint Forces Staff College, the Commandant, Major General Byron S. You make the decisions…and if something comes back at us, I'm here to deflect it from you.
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I must have called him a dozen times that first week before he said, "I put you in that job because I have full faith and confidence in you.
The other thing was that CAPT Turcotte empowered me. One, I had a fantastic Senior Chief that showed me the ropes. I was pretty scared, but it worked out for a couple of reasons. I need you to take over as the Officer-In-Charge of the brig here." Hickey continued, "At the time, I was a brand new warrant officer, I had no experience running a brig, and I was being asked to fill a Commander's billet. " Hickey said "I had a set of dream orders for Cuba when CAPT Turcotte called me and said "I'm going to ask you to put your personal life on hold. "As a Captain, he was my Commanding Officer at Naval Air Station, Jacksonville. Hickey has tremendous respect for Admiral Turcotte. The Navy Board of Corrections agreed and I was soon promoted to CW03, backdated to the day I was promoted to CWO2." Turcotte told me that because I was a Master Chief I should have been promoted directly to CWO3. I may not have been the first, however" Hickey continues "I was initially promoted to CWO-2, but shortly thereafter, one of my most respected leaders, Captain (later Rear Admiral) Stephen A. "Usually, Chiefs and a few Senior Chiefs become Chief Warrant Officers. From Master Chief, she was commissioned into the Chief Warrant Officer ranks. Her career could have ended there and been viewed by anyone as a complete success. Her enlisted service culminated with an assignment as the Command Master Chief aboard the USS Butte.
Hickey would work her way up through every enlisted rank, from E-1 to E-9. She not only stayed in the Navy, she accomplished things few, if any, had accomplished before, male or female. Now here, go fill my coffee cup." Hickey says he then shoved his coffee cup in her face." With a chuckle, she added "I've often wondered why I stayed in the navy for 31 years after that." He put his finger in my chest and said "I don't like women in the Navy and as far as I'm concerned you belong at home, barefoot and pregnant. Asked why she joined the Navy, Hickey said "the guy that I was dating went into the Army and broke by heart, so I figured I'd fix him " she recalled with a laugh.Īsked about challenges she faced as a female, Hickey recalled "My very first duty station, when I checked aboard I was a seaman recruit and I was met by my leading petty officer. At 23, she was older than the average recruit, having worked at IBM for three years prior to joining the Navy. NORFOLK – Margaret "Peggy" Hickey enlisted in the Navy out of West Haverstraw, NY.
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