First woman to become a Navy SEAL

A woman will train with other potential officers this summer in hopes of becoming the first female Navy SEAL.

The candidate, a midshipman, and another woman, enlisted as the first female candidates seeking to join the Navy's special operations teams.

Women weren't allowed to serve in combat roles, including special operation forces such as the SEALs and SWCC, until January 2016.

The candidates' identities and training progress are confidential to protect their personal security and "career viability as future special operator," Lt.

Eight SEAL and seven SWCC classes -- all entirely male -- have graduated since March 2016, according to a Naval Special Warfare Center briefing last month for the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services.

UCJ, UNILORIN.