At 24 years old, Captain Or Cohen is the first woman to be appointed commander of a naval combat vessel. Cohen, who completed her naval officers course three years ago, was assigned to Dvora ship 817 a few days before Rosh Hashanah.
At 24 years old, Captain Or Cohen is the first woman to be appointed commander of a naval combat vessel. Cohen, who completed her naval officers course three years ago, was assigned to Dvora ship 817 a few days before Rosh Hashanah.
Born and raised in the Nitzanei Oz moshav in central Israel, Cohen’s father is an agricultural worker while her mother is an accountant. One sister is an Iron Dome battery operator and two other sisters are still in school.
