 The Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) was opened to women in 1972 and the first woman was commissioned from a ROTC program in 1974.The Women Officer School (WOS), Newport, RI, was disestablished in 1973, and Officer Candidate School (OCS) training was integrated to support men and women.The United States Naval Academy, along with the other military academies, first accepted women in 1976 and commissioned its first female graduates in 1980.