Someone should explain to the author that Navy officers and sailors aren’t the same thing.
With the typical journalists level of knowledge of the military, they’re lucky she’s not talking about soldiers in boats.
That and semen and seamen are different
I’ve read articles that referred to someone who got arrested as being a Navy Officer. To me, that means either a warrant officer, or Ensign on up. Then further reading reveals it was a Petty Officer. Sheesh.