A US Navy aircraft carrier deployed with a female skipper for the first time on Monday. USS Abraham Lincoln set sail from San Diego under the command of Capt. Amy Bauernschmidt.

First female Commanding Officer of an aircraft carrier passes the baton ... Captain Amy Bauernschmidt's time leading the aircraft carrier didn't come without navigating through some rough waters.

Two phone calls changed Capt. Amy Bauernschmidt’s life.. First, when she found out she was in the pipeline to become a commander of an aircraft carrier in 2014. And second, when she learned she ...