Naval Academy appoints first female commandant of midshipmen

The U.S. Naval Academy has appointed its first female commandant of midshipmen as military institutions nationwide report that 50 percent of women in their academies said they were a victim of sexual harassment.

Naval Flight Officer Capt. Margaret Klein, a member of the second class of women to graduate from the Naval Academy in 1981, will become the 82nd commandant, who trains and disciplines the academy?s 4,200 midshipmen.