I’m not the type to tell her to put more energy into her leap thingy on counts seven and eight. Our daughter loves it, and she’s a brilliant dancer, but it is her own thing.
Please understand that I am not “that” dance mom. Then the instructor asks the line of parents for a volunteer to help backstage at the recital-essentially herd the sequin-clad cats, make sure they’re buttoned up in their costumes, and touch up hair and makeup. This isn’t unusual (the shower postponement), but because I completely forgot it was Parent’s Night at our daughter’s dance studio, instead of waiting for her in the safety and solitude of my car, I find myself awkwardly sitting amongst strangers trying to mask my sweat, smell and dry, prickly legs which are on full display thanks to the running shorts.įeeling really great about my self-care and parenting, I enthusiastically jot down notes as the dance instructor outlines the details of the end-of-year recital-where to be and when, instructions on makeup and hair, song title-hoping the passion with which I take notes will help me earn back some parenting points and salvage the first impression I’m making.
I’ve got a nice social distance around me because in order to make sure dinner happened before class, I postponed my desperately needed post-run shower. Monday night, 7:30, mid-April, along with half a dozen other parents I’ve never met, I’m sitting in one of the many metal folding chairs lining the mirrored wall of a dance studio. The SEAL hopeful will be evaluated for three weeks at a SEAL Officer Assessment and Selection process in California as a prerequisite to SEAL training before moving on to a SEAL Officer Selection Panel in September. The SWCC candidate will undergo months of Navy training and screening evaluations, Walton said. Mark Walton, a spokesman for Naval Special Warfare Command, told CNN.Įight 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. The candidates’ identities and training progress are confidential to protect their personal security and “career viability as future special operator,” Lt. But there were no female applicants in the 18 months since that historic change until now. Women weren’t allowed to serve in combat roles, including special operation forces such as the SEALs and SWCC, until January 2016. These women have already made history, but they still face a long road ahead of training and tests before they officially make the cut. The latter is training for the Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewman program, or SWCC. The candidate, a midshipman, and another woman have enlisted as the first female candidates seeking to join the Navy’s special operations teams. A woman will train with other potential officers this summer in hopes of becoming the first female Navy SEAL.
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