Anna Der-Vartanian (December 6, 1920 – August 4, 2011) was the first woman promoted to Master Chief Petty Officer (E-9), the highest enlisted rate in the United States Navy.

[1] Retired Master Chief Petty Officer Anna Der-Vartanian died August 4, 2011, at the age of 90 and was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery.

The office conducted tours to the USS Arizona Memorial, hosting notable visitors such as James Michener, Margaret Bourke-White, and John Wayne.

YNC Der-Vartanian's next assignment, from July 1954 - June 1956, was in the Personnel Office of the Parachute Rigger and Aerograph Schools at NAS Lakehurst in New Jersey.

On December 16, 1959, while serving at the Naval War College, she was promoted again, making YNCM Der-Vartanian the first woman to reach E-9 in the history of the United States Armed Forces.

Following that promotion, she was transferred as the first female Chief Clerk in the Office of United States National Military Representative, SHAPE, in Paris, France.

She received a strong endorsement for the Navy's Limited Duty Officer Program, and, upon her departure from the command, a letter of commendation for her superior performance as the Chief Clerk.

[2] Anna Der-Vartanian joined the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in 1964 as a junior analyst, later becoming a counterintelligence specialist and received assignments in Paris, France; Bonn, Germany; and Madrid, Spain.