An active-duty Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewman [name withheld at request of the Navy] holds his SWCC badge while training sailors at Naval Station Great Lakes on April 8, 2013 in Great Lakes, Illinois.
Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewmen, WASHINGTON - A female sailor has completed the grueling Naval Special Warfare training program for the first time in its history.After completing the 37-week course, she is now a qualified combatant-craft crewman – which operates the boats that transport Navy SEALs to their classified missions at sea.The Navy declined to identify the woman for the Associated Press, noting that it’s routine military policy for special operations forces.READ MORE: Naval Academy Midshipman injured in Maryland.