Naval special warfare training was not opened to women until 2016. In 2021 the first female sailor graduated from the naval special warfare pipeline, as a special warfare combatant-craft crewman, one of the specialized small boat operators who insert and extract SEALs and other special forces personnel. To date, no women have completed Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training.
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