One of first females to join the silent service: ‘I’m excited to see the day when women being on submarines is not a surprise to people.’

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U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Jeanne Van Gilder, engineering officer on the Virginia-class attack submarine 

USS Minnesota (SSN 783), on Friday, Sept. 25, 2020, at the Naval Submarine Base in Groton.

(Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

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U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Jeanne Van Gilder, engineering officer on the Virginia-class attack submarine USS Minnesota (SSN 783), in the galley of the boat Friday, Sept. 25, 2020, at the Naval Submarine Base in Groton. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)5

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