VA HR472

Commends Master Chief Petty Officer Linda Fox, USN, Ret., for her service, dedication, and strength in the Hampton Roads community

Recognizes her 21-year Navy career (1974-1995), during which she achieved the rank of master chief petty officer as a woman in a male-dominated field

Honors her post-military work as a naval science instructor with the Naval Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps at Matthew Fontaine Maury High School in Norfolk

Acknowledges her completion of more than 1,000 races since 2006 following a cancer diagnosis, having since beaten cancer three times

Notes her continued community service as a substitute teacher with Virginia Beach City Public Schools and her 2016 People Taking Action award from Fox News 3