{"id":93370,"date":"2019-12-14T09:13:58","date_gmt":"2019-12-14T13:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=93370"},"modified":"2019-12-14T09:23:57","modified_gmt":"2019-12-14T13:23:57","slug":"first-woman-passes-seal-assessment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=93370","title":{"rendered":"First Woman Passes SEAL Assessment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/gijane.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-93371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/gijane-222x333.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/gijane-222x333.jpg 222w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/gijane-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/gijane-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/gijane.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>No, no&#8230; the &#8220;First Woman&#8221; does not mean Melania Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The headline of this blog means that a woman for the first time passed the SEAL officer assessment and selection but won&#8217;t be joining their ranks.<\/p>\n<p>This was reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.military.com\/daily-news\/2019\/12\/11\/first-woman-has-made-it-through-seal-officer-screening.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Military.com<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/first-woman-makes-it-through-navy-seal-officer-assessment-and-selection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Washington Examiner<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/woman-passed-seal-officer-test-for-the-first-time-2019-12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Business Insider<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Examiner reports:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The unidentified woman completed the screening earlier this year,\u00a0according to\u00a0<i>Military.com<\/i>. The news was disclosed this month at a meeting of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services.<\/p>\n<p>Despite women being permitted to be considered for SEAL openings since 2016, no woman has made it through the grueling selection process.<\/p>\n<p>Candidates for Navy SEAL officer assessment and selection are chosen from Reserve Officer Training Corps programs, Officer Candidate School, and service academies.<\/p>\n<p>And even after making it through the two-week selection this year, the woman was not chosen for a SEAL contract as she had not selected the SEALs as her top choice of career path.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Then&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>According to Lt. Grace Olechowski, force integration officer with Naval Special Warfare Command, five women have been invited to the officer assessment and selection since 2016, three have attempted it, and only one has finished.<\/p>\n<p>About 180 people every year are picked to attend the SEAL officer assessment and selection.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No, no&#8230; the &#8220;First Woman&#8221; does not mean Melania Trump. 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