In 2010, Gregory was promoted to commander of Naval Facilities Engineering Command and, in 2012, became chief of Civil Engineers. Gregory’s Seabee tours took her to the Western Pacific, Mediterranean, Iraq, Afghanistan and Haiti, along with several projects, like aiding construction and providing humanitarian relief after Hurricane Katrina and the 2010 Haiti earthquake.īeyond the Seabee tours, she held positions as a public works officer and in construction leadership around the world. According to her autobiography, she “wanted to be viewed as equal to my male counterparts and worked hard to stay fit and do everything right so no one could say, ‘Girls can’t do this stuff.’” She was the only woman officer, and among just a handful of women (enlisted) in the company.

Gregory began her career in the Navy’s Civil Engineer Corps. Gregory is a registered engineer, a Seabee Combat Warfare Officer and military parachutist. She later received degrees in systems management and construction management from the University of Southern California and George Washington University she also graduated from the London School of Business senior executive program.

In 1982, she was one of 96 women in her class of 1,500 students to graduate from the U.S.

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