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By Diana Stancy Correll for Navy Times A woman is serving as the executive officer of a submarine for the first time — just over 10 years after the Silent Service opened to women. Lt. Cmdr. Amber Cowan, who joined the Navy in 2010, reported for duty to the ballistic missile submarine Kentucky, based out of Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, Washington, as its executive officer Nov. 12. Lt. Cmdr. Amber Cowan, the executive officer of the gold crew of the Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine Kentucky, from Colorado Springs, Colorado, poses for a portrait at Deterrent Park onboard Naval Base Kitsap –...

Racism a public health crisis: Learn about Kitsap Public Health’s resolution at Kingston meeting Sept. 8   Learn more about the Kitsap Public Health District’s resolution declaring racism a public health crisis at the next meeting of the Kingston Citizens Advisory Council, which takes place virtually from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, September 8.  Jessica Guidry, Kitsap Public Health’s new equity program manager, will discuss the resolution, passed by the Health Board May 4, 2021, and how it supports equity and will lead to specific, meaningful actions to address institutionalized and systemic racism...