What would her job be if a sub ever went under attack? I know it’s been decades but being in a sub under depth charge attack has been described as the most harrowing type of combat one could ever face. Now how would these women handle that?
I used to have a good friend that was a submariner and have known others, they are strange personalities and I used to question him about the difference between the Army life I had known versus the Submariner life that he was living as a CPO.
He said that one huge difference was the inability to absorb someone who was too far out of the fold, because living enclosed under water creates very unusual human dynamics, and that a crew could become fixated on a personality that they couldn’t tolerate, to the level that the individual would have to be removed, there was no escape from each other and things can get very strange and intense under the conditions, as far as feelings becoming magnified and out of whack.
To introduce an entirely new sex, and one whose failings and inappropriate personalty will be ignored because of her sex and affirmative action, as will the effect they have on the stability of the male personalities and relationships, may spell very serious trouble for sub crews.
I’ve seen video of “Sub Training.” The trainees lived in a “mock-up” where they experienced random disasters including hull breaches and leaks.
They had to weld the leaks closed. It looked extremely demanding and difficult.
Should we assume ALL crew members still go through this training and meet the same standards?
same job. keep the women from crying.