Posted on 09/25/2009 3:03:16 PM PDT by Drrdot
Breaking with a tradition that spans more than half a century, the Navy is in the final planning stages to integrate female Sailors into its submarine fleet. Long considered one of the most elite communities in the U.S. Navy, the small, secretive force has been comprised entirely of male officers and crew in large part because of the small living spaces and long endurance missions. The service had examined assigning a small number of females on subs over the last ten years, but found the tight confines and lack of a well-defined career path for female submariners too daunting to change. Until now. According to a senior commander in the Navy's submarine fleet who spoke to Military.com on condition of anonymity, incoming Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus has charged the service with overcoming past objections and assigning females to subs -- breaking down one of the last barriers in the service to female assignments. "We have now received a signal from the secretary of the Navy that he's ready to move out on this. We have never had that signal before," the senior sub commander said.
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I have always believed, being a veteran, that the nation that puts its women in combat situations isn't worth defending.
Our nation has been losing ground for decades and it took an African-African, Muslim-Communist to complete the job of killing America.
Ah . . . a new twist on the Love Boat thing. . . .
Next they’ll allow women to try for the SEALs.
More like a lot of Military Sexual Trauma ...already this has been a problem that has increased. I wonder what the rate of MST is in the Israeli army or if they handle their female military in a different way?
Join the Navy, ride the WAVES.
Navy wives will just love this!
No, they won’t.
HOWEVER, I can see an all female-crewed boomer perhaps, or something like that. I just can’t figure on a mixed crewed attack sub. It should be all one or the other.
Best,
Chris
” have always believed, being a veteran, that the nation that puts its women in combat situations isn’t worth defending.”
Where do you intend emigrate to if this comes to pass?
Indeed. Most involving "torpedoes".
Why not. As long as they keep the same physical requirements and the women have to survive BUD/S, just like the men.
What is long, round, and full of seamen?
Answer: A submarine.
now that Admiral Mullen wants to put seawomen onboard.
I DISAGREE: The women in the I. D. F. are among the best in the world and their country (Israel) is certainly worth defending.
I do hope you jest.
Why? Why not ask God why women and men are different? I’m sure women have no problem not PMS’ing, or bleeding right? Maybe we’ll just give them special drugs to make them more man like ehh? Some testosterone injections to give them more upper-body strength? Help them hump 75lbs 10 miles?
This is just more of the same. Watering down of hard physically demanding jobs that put more work on the men in the crew. Why don’t you go tell a dock worker or warehouse person about this and see who moves more boxes or weight. There are fundamental differences that can’t be overcome, yet people still want to put round pegs in square holes. Or perhaps the woman will bat her eyelashes and have the men carry the weight for her that should help.
Men, don’t see women the same as men. They treat them special and naturally try to protect them. Take that into account when you’re in a fox hole, or other. Will a man instinctually be stupid tactically for a woman?
With all the other jobs in the Navy why should we make special consignments for so few? Even if their were some women who may make the cut... we are talking about so few why are we bothering? To be “Fair” for what?
This is just insanity plane and simple.
Women won’t maintain the same level of fitness as a man and CAN NOT. Men out run women, out lift women, anything physical a top man will always outdo a top woman. See the gold medalist that handily beat the other “women” because of a gender issue...
Could be fun for the first few weeks as they compete for attention, but then Hell has no greater wrath than a woman scorned. The ship will explode!!!
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