For the first time in history, a woman will take command of an aircraft carrier

Commander Bauernschmidt had already taken a position that had never been assigned to a woman before. In 2016, she became the first officer on the nuclear aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln. She was the second most important person on board. shipwith about 5,000 crews.

Bauernchmidt graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1994. In the same year, women were allowed to serve shipwar and naval aviation.

"This law has absolutely changed my life (...) we were the first year of graduation, knowing that it could be honored to be able to serve, along with the rest of our comrades, in combat conditions," Bauernschmidt spoke in an interview with CBS station in 2018.

Commander Bauernschmidt piloted helicopters, served on aircraft carriers deployed on various oceans, participated, among others, in the 2001 US invasion of Afghanistan. From 2019 to 2020 she commanded shipUSS San Diego landing em.

Source: PAP/MD