First female sailor completes Navy special warfare training
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For the first time, a female sailor has successfully completed the grueling 37 week training course to become a Naval Special Warfare combatant-craft crewman the boat operators that transport Navy SEALs and conduct their own missions at sea. Navy officials said they would not identify the woman, who completed the final phases of training and graduated Thursday. (MC1 Anthony Walker/U.S. Navy via AP)
WASHINGTON For the first time, a female sailor has successfully completed the grueling 37-week training course to become a Naval Special Warfare combatant-craft crewman the boat operators who transport Navy SEALs and conduct their own classified missions at sea.
Female Sailor Completes Navy Special Warfare Training For 1st Time
For the first time, a female sailor has successfully completed the grueling 37-week training course to become a Naval Special Warfare combatant-craft crewman.
LOLITA C. BALDOR
WASHINGTON (AP) For the first time, a female sailor has successfully completed the grueling 37-week training course to become a Naval Special Warfare combatant-craft crewman the boat operators who transport Navy SEALs and conduct their own classified missions at sea.
Navy officials said they would not identify the woman or provide more details on her a routine military policy for special operations forces. She was one of 17 sailors to graduate and receive their pins on Thursday. She is also the first of 18 women who have tried out for a job as a SWCC or a SEAL to succeed.
US Navy CORONADO, Calif. – Candidates of Crewman Qualification Training (CQT) Class 115 completed Naval Special Warfare’s (NSW) assessment and selection pipeline to become Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen (SWCC), earning their pins and graduating, Thursday, July 15, 2021. 210526-N-GW139-1235 MEDITERRANIEAN SEA (May 26, 2021) A combatant craft assault craft (CCA) assigned to Special Boat Team twenty steams alongside the Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) in the Mediterranean Sea, May 26, 2021. Hershel “Woody” Williams is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national interest and security in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Eric Coffer)
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