The USN must be pretty desperatein their recruiting. Lowering the standards only results in a less effective Navy.
All branches except Marines (and even elements inside the Corps) tripping over themselved to assign women to combat arms. This is just more of that -- for some reason the military is dead nuts to show how pro-women they are. I toured a USCG cutter last year, a friend's wife is an officer so we had an inside look. I'd say close to half the crew was female. A crewman who was getting off (retiring as well) mentioned some drama going on involving a gal who had slept with her whole section in a week and a half and was crying herself silly over it and having difficulty getting along with pretty much every other girl female onboard.
Good effing luck running something more serious than a rowboat under such conditions.