Irma J. Brooks at her retirement ceremony receives a plaque from Rear Admiral Emmitt Tidd, cira 1973. Brooks wears the U.S. Navy WAVES officer, service dress blue, class A uniform. The three full strips on Brooks' uniform sleeve denoted the rank of captain. The star above the stripes indicate that she is a line officer and that she did not belong to a specific corps. The insignia on her WAVES cap is a naval officer's cap device.