(Israel Hayom) Bat-Chen Epstein Elias - Sgt. Jessica Klempert, 22, the first female machinist to serve on an Israeli Navy missile ship, is responsible for monitoring the ship's machines and operating its generators and motors. She was one of the four sailors entrusted to bring Israel's new Sa'ar 6-class corvette warship, the INS Magen, to the country from Germany. "The adrenaline on a missile ship is crazy," says Klempert. "You always feel like you're part of something secret. You're doing something that no one knows you did, which is kind of a shame, but still - it's a good feeling." Capt. Shira Klieger, 23, an electronics and defense officer, has served on all the Israeli Navy's Sa'ar 5 ships. Now her job is to make the Magen operational. "My goal is to determine when there is a threat to the ship, and deploy the proper response so that threat doesn't hit the ship or any asset we are defending, like a natural gas drilling rig," she explains. 20 out of the 80 personnel who will be serving on the ship are expected to be women.
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