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(Washington, D.C) – Women weren’t allowed to serve in combat roles, including special operation forces such as the SEALs and SWCC, until January 2016. But there were no female applicants in the 18 months since that historic change until now. 
 
U.S. Navy officials confirm that a woman will train with other potential officers in the hopes of becoming the first female Navy SEAL. 
 
They are protecting her identify, but they say she is a midshipman and she along with another woman have enlisted as the first female candidates seeking to joins the Navy’s special operations teams. The latter candidate is training for the Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewman program or SWCC.  
 
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