SecondIn the United States, women took over a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier for the first time. The Navy announced that at a ceremony in San Diego last week, Amy Bauernschmidt assumed her new position on the USS Abraham Lincoln. The personnel list was announced in December last year. “This is the first time in the history of the U.S. Navy that a female commander will take over the command of an aircraft carrier,” it said at the time.
Bowenschmidt is already familiar with the “Abraham Lincoln”-she was a senior officer there. That was also the first time. “In my life, I rarely sit down and think that I am a woman who does this. Because most of the time I am just treated as a naval officer and pilot,” said Bowenschmidt, an American television station at the time. The aircraft carrier “Abraham Lincoln” is more than 300 meters long and carries about 5,000 crew members. It entered service in 1989.
Bauernschmidt is a naval pilot. According to the navy, he has completed more than 3,000 hours of flying. She is from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1994. Later she studied for a master’s degree at the Naval War College. On the “Abraham Lincoln” aircraft carrier, she has served as an “executive officer”, responsible for the operation of the aircraft carrier to the captain.
“We all need different perspectives from each other and as we grow up. The different perspectives we bring make ourselves a bigger, stronger, and better team,” she said on the aircraft carrier a few days ago, about being on board Work.
The transfer of command is seen as a sign of the increasing importance of women in the U.S. Armed Forces. Their share is now about 15%. They can be found in fighters and tanks and general ranks. Only in the case of special workers, conditions still exist to restrict their use.
