U.S. Navy SEAL Program Gets Its First Female Applicants

Daily Mail: Navy officer applies to become the first ever woman to join the elite SEALs

* A female midshipman is working to become the first woman Navy Seal officer
* Another is training to be in the Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Creman program
* Women just recently in January 2016 were allowed to serve in combat roles
* The women's identities have been protected to ensure their personal safety and security along with 'career viability as future special operator'
* Eight SEAL and seven SWCC classes made entirely out of males have graduated since March 2016

A woman is making history training with other potential officers this summer to hopefully become the first female Navy Seal.

The candidate is a midshipman - a Navy officer cadet - and she is joined by another woman who hope to be the first to join the Navy's special operations teams.

The second woman is training for the Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewman program (SWCC).

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WNU Editor: I wish them luck, but as everyone knows becoming a US Navy SEAL is not easy.

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