Lynise Wright, director of the Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall Network Enterprise Center and deputy director for the National Capital Region NEC, shows photos of herself during her Army enlistment more than three decades ago, during a photo shoot in her Fort Myer office Feb. 19. Wright was one of several female Soldiers selected to attend a four-week advanced training program at the Military Academy at West Point, , in 1976. Until then, the academy's student body was all male. That changed in 1976 when Congress authorized women admission into the academies in 1976. (Joint Base Myer-Hen


Lynise Wright, director of the Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall Network Enterprise Center and deputy director for the National Capital Region NEC, shows photos of herself during her Army enlistment more than three decades ago, during a photo shoot in her Fort Myer office Feb. 19. Wright was one of several female Soldiers selected to attend a four-week advanced training program at the Military Academy at West Point, , in 1976. Until then, the academy's student body was all male. That changed in 1976 when Congress authorized women admission into the academies in 1976. (Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall PAO photo by Nell King)


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