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...Mommy" is Commander Kathleen McGrath, who next week is expected to mark a historic first: she will be the first American woman ever to take a warship to sea. Back on land, women have already smashed through ceilings that once seemed to be made of unbreakable glass, from Silicon Valley to the State Department. But change has come more slowly to the hidebound military. Only 12 of the Navy's 220 admirals are women...
...Navy women have in fact been playing an increasing combat role. In 1996, Lieut. Junior Grade Erica Niedermeier became the first woman to fire Tomahawk cruise missiles from a warship in combat, helping send 13 into southern Iraq. Two years later, flying her F-18 off the U.S.S. Enterprise in a mission over Iraq, Lieut. Kendra Williams became the first female pilot in U.S. history to drop bombs on an enemy target...
...wanted to make sure the ceremony marking his death would be no less private. So, with Ted's help, she arranged to have John buried even farther from the mainland, his ashes and those of Carolyn and Lauren Bessette committed to the deep from the deck of an American warship. Seventeen relatives arrived at Woods Hole at 9 a.m. to be taken by the cutter Sanibel to the U.S.S. Briscoe, which had steamed up from Virginia overnight by special request of the Secretary of Defense. The only things those left onshore could see were the bright whites of the officials...
...only does Boston host the country's oldest military post--it's got the world's oldest warship as well. A hundred and seventy-five feet long, with copper and brass work done by the Paul Revere, the USS Constitution is actually still under U.S. naval commission. But anyone can tour it for free, with uniformed sailors who can answer questions. They even fire off the ship's 42 guns twice a day, at 8 a.m. and sunset. Charlestown Navy Yard, Charlestown. (617) 242-5670. T-stop: Haymarket (then take the No. 92 or 93 bus to the Navy Yard...
...class of warship is more than a maritime mirage: this week President Clinton will unveil a defense budget for next year that includes a cool $1 billion for the vessels, as well as a recommendation to speed up their production. The fleet is ultimately expected to cost $63.7 billion and serve as the leading edge of a 50-attack-sub armada that the Navy wants for the 21st century. (A separate class of 18 strategic submarines, which serve as platforms for intercontinental ballistic missiles, will be downsized to 14.) But there is a growing sense that these new subs, designed...