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Navy taps first African-American woman
from ROTC for sub service
By Julia Bergman
Day staff writer
Midshipmen 1st Class Nsombi Roberts got her first taste of life aboard a submarine when she spent a week underway on the Groton-based attack submarine USS Virginia this past summer.
"You don't notice that you're actually in water as much as you do on a ship," Roberts said of her time on the Virginia, which she "really enjoyed."
The crew was "very welcoming" to her and the other Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps midshipmen aboard, who all had an interest in the submarine force and were there to observe.
Roberts is a senior majoring in chemistry with a minor in mathematics at Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge, La.
Link: http://www.theday.com/article/20160309/NWS09/160309134
from ROTC for sub service
By Julia Bergman
Day staff writer
Midshipmen 1st Class Nsombi Roberts got her first taste of life aboard a submarine when she spent a week underway on the Groton-based attack submarine USS Virginia this past summer.
"You don't notice that you're actually in water as much as you do on a ship," Roberts said of her time on the Virginia, which she "really enjoyed."
The crew was "very welcoming" to her and the other Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps midshipmen aboard, who all had an interest in the submarine force and were there to observe.
Roberts is a senior majoring in chemistry with a minor in mathematics at Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge, La.
Link: http://www.theday.com/article/20160309/NWS09/160309134
