Women's Reserve of the US Naval Reserve
(WAVES)
II. Facts about the WAVES
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-. Requirements for Joining
-. Training
-. WAVES within the Navy Organization
-. Types of Duty and Duty Stations
-. Payment
-. WAVE Songs
-. Navy Lingo
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Facts about the WAVES
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Types of Duty and Duty Stations

Types of Duty

Here are examples of jobs that WAVES handled as well as Navy men.
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Picture Source: Recruitment Brochure: The Story of You in Navy Blue, 1943
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Picture Source: Recruitment Brochure: The Story of You in Navy Blue, 1943
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Picture Source: Recruitment Brochure: The Story of You in Navy Blue, 1943
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Picture Source: Recruitment Brochure: The Story of You in Navy Blue, 1943
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Duty Stations

The Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Ernest J. King, exercised his command responsibilities over activities ashore through the area commanders. There were 14 naval districts. District commandants exercised direct military command over naval bases and naval air bases located within their area commands. WAVES served on all naval bases and air bases within the United States, and many naval and air bases in the Caribbean, Atlantic and western Pacific zones such as the Territories of Alaska and Hawaii.
 

First Naval District  495 Summer Street, Boston 10, Massachusetts
Second Naval District located in Newport, R. I., but this district was abolished in 1919
Third Naval District  90 Church Street, New York 7, New York
Fourth Naval District Naval Base Station, Philadelphia 12, Pennsylvania
Fifth Naval District Naval Station, Norfolk 11, Virginia
Sixth Naval District Building 4, Naval Base, Charleston, South Carolina
Seventh Naval District Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida (absorbed by the Sixth Naval District in 1948)
Eighth Naval District  New Federal Building, New Orleans 12, Louisiana
Ninth Naval District Administrative Building, Great Lakes Naval Training Center, Illinois
Tenth Naval District San Juan, Puerto Rico
Eleventh Naval District Navy Headquarters Building, San Diego, California
Twelfth Naval District Federal Building, San Francisco 2, California
Thirteenth Naval District Naval Station, Seattle 99, Washington
Fourteenth Naval District Administrative Building, United States Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Fifteenth Naval District Balboa, Canal Zone
Sixteenth Naval District Cavite, Philippine Islands (not revived after World War II)
Seventeenth Naval District Kodiak, Alaska
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Payment

The WAVES initially did not the same allowances or benefits permitted for male officers and sailors. Nevertheless, later legislation was passed in 1943 that gave WAVES almost equal compensation and other benefits (although not fully equalized until after the war). Legislative amendments also permitted WAVES to serve beyond the stateside United States at certain stations in the US Territories (i.e., Alaska and Hawaii) and overseas. 

Moreover, there was extra pay to cover living expenses: food, comfortable quarters, medical and dental care, and clothing. When government facilities were not available, WAVES received an additional supplement to their pay, subsistence and quarter allowances totaling $2.75 a day. There were benefits prescribed by law for civil employees if suffering disability or death caused by disease or injury while on active duty. Life insurance at low government rates, privileges of free mail, reduced rates on transportation, movie and theatre tickets, and benefits from organizations such as the USO, Red Cross and Navy Relief gave advantageous incentives.
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-. Requirements for Joining
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-. Types of Duty and Duty Stations
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-. WAVE Songs
-. Navy Lingo
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