Alma M. Grocki

Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, as Alma Lau, Grocki attended Punahou School, where she was two years ahead of future U.S. President Barack Obama. and was the first woman from her state to enter the academy. == Navy Reserve ==

Grocki transferred to the United States Navy Reserve in 1988. She served as commanding officer of shore maintenance facilities in Portsmouth and at Naval Station Everett in Everett, Washington, and of the Navy Reserve shipyard at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. She also commanded the Navy Reserve Naval Submarine Support Command, Pearl Harbor; Naval Undersea Warfare Command, Keyport, Washington; and Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) 102 at Bremerton. Grocki was the first national director of the Navy Reserve's SurgeMain shipyard workforce recruitment programme and served as commanding officer of the NAVSEA headquarters unit and as chief of staff for its naval reactors division. and was deputy commander of Naval Sea Systems Command. Grocki was awarded the Legion of Merit three times, the Meritorious Service Medal five times, and the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal four times in the course of her Navy career. == Civilian career and personal life ==

Grocki retired in October 2016, at which point she was the senior EDO in the Navy Reserve. She played a key role in the creation of the breast insignia for the EDO role which was authorized for wear in January 2018. During her civilian career she has worked for CACI Dynamic Systems to provide shipyard training, audits of NAVSEA dry docks, and fleet maintenance information technology programs. She is a Blue and Gold Officer (BGO) (volunteer admissions counselor) for the U.S. Naval Academy and coordinates the academy's BGO operations in the Western Pacific, including applicants from high schools and within the Navy and United States Marine Corps. == References ==