These 26 sailors begin their first day of the 5 week Special Warfare Combatant Craft Crewman Training Center in Coronado, California. Each year, 240 sailors start SWCC training and about half pass.

These 26 sailors begin their first day of the 5 week Special Warfare Combatant Craft Crewman Training Center in Coronado, California. Each year, 240 sailors start SWCC training and about half pass.

Romanian, Ukrainian, and US Army Green Berets conduct close-quarters-battle training during Trojan Footprint 21 in Romania, May 6, 2021. Romanian army/Capt. Roxana Davidovits US Navy SEALs, Navy ...

The Navy said Thursday that the woman was among 17 graduates who completed the NSW assessment and selection pipeline to become Special Warfare combatant-craft crewmen (SWCC).

A female sailor has graduated from the grueling 37-week Naval Special Warfare (NSW) training program for the first time in the history of the U.S. Navy.

Of the 18 females who have sought a Navy special operations job, 14 did not complete the course. Three of them, however, are currently still in the training pipeline, one for SWCC and two ...

The Navy did not identify the woman but said she was one of just 17 candidates to make it through the 37-week assessment and become a Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen (SWCC). "Becoming the ...

SWCC candidates burn an estimated 20,000 calories a day during training. They spend another night at sea and by daybreak are ordered to jog 4 miles.

The training to become a combatant craft crewman comes after the Navy’s initial recruit boot camp, and includes a two-month preparatory course, a three-week orientation at the Naval Special ...

Another, she said, was in training at NSW Preparatory School, and a third began boot camp Dec. 9. One more female candidate with a SWCC contract is set to report to boot camp in July, she said.