Nicolette Petrone Martinez Collection

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Who's responsible?: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries (Repository)
How much has been digitized?: Only a part of this collection has been digitized.
Where can I find more information?: https://uncg.as.atlas-sys.com/repositories/2/resources/1135
What's in the full collection?: 6 March 2002 oral history transcript; official portrait photograph of Judy in Navy uniform in United States Navy summer white uniform, circa 1992; posing outside a building, circa 1992; Nicolette poses in portrait photograph with a Marine Corporal, circa 1994; personal correspondence to mother, circa 1992; copy of Navy leave and earnings statement dated 1992; Art Box 2 Certificate for Crossing Equator, circa 1992.
Full biography: Nicolette Martinez (b. 1970) of Greensboro, North Carolina, was a quartermaster in the United States Navy from 1989 to 1994 and later worked as a substance abuse counselor. Nicolette Martinez was born 2 July 1970, in Greensboro, North Carolina. She graduated from Smith High School in 1988, after which she waited tables for two years. Martinez enlisted in the United States Navy (United StatesN) in 1989. She entered boot camp in Orlando, Florida, in September of 1990, and then went to quartermaster training. In March 1991, she was stationed aboard the United StatesS Haleakala, an ammunition supply ship stationed in Guam. In February 1993, Martinez was station in San Diego, California, where she worked briefly in the office of the Judge Advocate General (JAG). She was then assigned to the United StatesS Cape Cod, based in Bahrain, which patrolled the Persian Gulf. She returned to San Diego in July of 1993, where she performed master-at-arms duty until her discharge from the United StatesN in 1994. After completing her se
Topics: Women's History
Military
Schools and Colleges
Branch of service: Navy
Conflict: Gulf War (1990-2000)
Subject headings: United States--History--1945-
United States. Navy--Women
Contributing Institution: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries

: Nicolette Petrone Martinez; Nicolette Petrone Martinez, in U.S. Navy summer white uniform, poses outside a building, circa 1992.

: Nicolette Petrone Martinez and ex-husband, 1994; Nicolette Petrone Martinez poses for a portrait with her then husband in 1994. She wears the quartermaster patch on her left sleeve.

: Oral history interview with Nicollette P. Martinez; Interview primarily documents Nicolette Martinez's service in the U.S. Navy from 1990-1994. Martinez discusses joining the military to pay for college, her reasons for choosing the navy, and her deferred enlistment. She provides details of her boot camp experience, including the high attrition rate; her drill instructors; intensive training; swim training; schedule; and regulations. Topics relating to quartermaster school include: earning the right to wear civilian clothing; classes; and social activities. " Martinez focuses on her time stationed aboard ships, including being in the first group of women assigned to the USS Haleakala. Discussion of her time aboard includes: working in navigation; avoiding hazardous weather; driving the ship during ammo transfers; seasickness; using GPS (Global Positioning System); and celebrating the Fourth of July in Saipan. She also shares a story about being in the Philippines for the eruption of Mount Pinatubo and aiding in the clean-up process. Topics relating to her time on the USS Cape Cod include wearing long pants and shirts to respect the culture of Bahrain; a sand storm damaging the ship; the intense heat in Arab countries; and the meals served on the ship. " Other interview topics are servicemen's opinions of servicewomen; the difficulty in getting stationed near her husband; patriotism; her opinion of women serving in combat positions; and her education and career in addiction counseling.