Two women were in boot camp as candidates for the Navy's all-enlisted Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewman program, Naval Special Warfare Center Deputy Commander Capt. Christian Dunbar told ...

Navy Navy reviewing procedures after female recruit, 18, dies during boot camp By Nicole Darrah Fox News Published April 28, 2019 8:52pm EDT | Updated April 28, 2019 9:16pm EDT Flipboard ...

All female enlisted sailors at ranks E-6 and below will be required to wear the hats by Oct. 31, according to a Navy administrative message released this year.

By law, women are restricted to 66 non-combat vessels in the Navy`s 480-ship fleet, meaning only 9,000 of the service`s 56,000 women are at sea. Women make up about 10 percent of the Navy.

The statue, named the Blue Jacket Recruit — a Navy term for an enlisted sailor, honors the 188,000 female recruits whose graduation from the nation’s first coed boot camp proved they were not ...

Instead of requiring women in boot camp to have their hair cut to the lower edge of the uniform collar, they would only be required to choose a hairstyle that meets Navy uniform regulations ...