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US Navy redesigning its submarines to accommodate women
Associated Press ^ | 04/18/2017 | JENNIFER McDERMOTT

Posted on 04/19/2017 12:12:03 AM PDT by Robwin

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To: Robwin

-PJ

61 posted on 04/19/2017 6:15:07 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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To: ComradeBork
I have nothing but admiration, respect and gratitude for the young women who serve our nation in the armed forces.

And I have nothing but loathing and contempt for a nation that would put its young women in harm's way unnecessarily.

62 posted on 04/19/2017 6:19:23 AM PDT by Skooz (Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
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To: Bob
By the time I got out in 1975, there was talk of a further change coming to 8 and 2.

I kind of wanted to join the Navy, but chose the USAF instead, primarily for that reason. I didn't want to be stuck out at sea, for LONG periods of time.

63 posted on 04/19/2017 6:21:52 AM PDT by Mark17 (Genesis chapter 1 verse 1. In the beginning GOD....And the rest, as they say, is history)
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To: Robwin

Will they accommodate the dick choppers too?


64 posted on 04/19/2017 6:22:05 AM PDT by I want the USA back (The media is acting full-on as the Democratic Party's press agency now: Robert Spencer)
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To: ComradeBork

That’s touching. But facts are facts. She would better serve her country by having a family during those precious reproduction years a woman has and by being there for her kids. Performing man roles isn’t good hour her, or us.
All she can do on a warship is hurt the effort. It’s not about her.


65 posted on 04/19/2017 6:45:53 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up.)
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To: Robwin; jughandle; Clutch Martin; castlegreyskull; Hillarys Gate Cult

“For example, they are lowering some overhead valves and making them easier to turn, and installing steps in front of the triple-high bunk beds and stacked laundry machines.”

Here’s a suggestion, which would save a lot of money: Have a height requirement, with concomitant strength (if that can be assessed). Depending upon their needs, all service branches do it to one extent or another.

cc: President Trump


66 posted on 04/19/2017 8:03:04 AM PDT by VMI70
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To: Robwin

Transgenders are next on the list.


67 posted on 04/19/2017 8:04:33 AM PDT by bar sin·is·ter
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

They were conscious of that problem too.

I think females on submarines is a terrible idea. When I was on a Carrier, a lot of them got pregnant, and weren’t available for deployment. That problem is magnified on a submarine because of the smaller crew. If one crew member, especially from the Engineering department, can’t make movement, it gets very hard to make the watchbill, and you would have to take a guy from another boat.


68 posted on 04/19/2017 8:33:33 AM PDT by castlegreyskull
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To: Nailbiter
Operation Petticoat

A fine movie by any measure. Makes a rotten policy manual, though.

69 posted on 04/19/2017 8:46:02 AM PDT by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: ComradeBork; Kathy in Alaska

That is a great post. Please tell Minor49er that I am grateful for her service.

She sounds like a patriotic, generous American who was certainly raised well. To care about the troops in high school? Awesome.

Kathy, thought you might be interested in this, since you post the canteen thread. :)


70 posted on 04/19/2017 9:36:49 AM PDT by proud American in Canada (May God Bless the U.S.A. (Trump: I will bear the slings and arrows for you, the American people))
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To: castlegreyskull

Why do we even have to go to the Navy to know this is a bad idea? The USAF has had women in aircraft maintenance for decades, and it’s been a failure. Some can do the job but most can’t even do the heavy lifting. At best one out of 8 is the success rate. Heard that the USAF tried a few times to run the numbers but they were so bad they had to stop the process before it was finished due to political correctness. It didn’t fit and nobody wanted to ruin their career even if the numbers were on their side. Something often not brought up is that training costs money plus resources and failures waste it. If putting women in aircraft maintenance was an experiment, it would have failed.


71 posted on 04/19/2017 9:45:07 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

The heavy lifting part alone should disqualify women from almost every single job the military has to offer enlistees, except for JAG, Chaplain and so on. Women officers, I think are more successful (career minded) and more mature when they first go on active duty, but what happens when they get captured? They would get raped dozens of times a day.


72 posted on 04/19/2017 9:57:27 AM PDT by castlegreyskull
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To: kalee

OPERATION PETTICOAT - Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_6CKOM4pGI


73 posted on 04/19/2017 12:47:23 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: Robwin

Just get the Plans for the Submarine Seaview that was on Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.

Never saw a Sub with so much interior room. LOL


74 posted on 04/19/2017 12:59:23 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (The way Liberals carry on about Deportation, you would think "Mexico" was Spanish for "Auschwitz".)
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To: Robwin

What would be sop for an Ohio ssbn on patrol when a petty officer is 6 months pregnant?

5.56mm


75 posted on 04/19/2017 1:04:08 PM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: DesertRhino

That’s touching. But facts are facts. She would better serve her country by having a family during those precious reproduction years a woman has and by being there for her kids. Performing man roles isn’t good hour her, or us.
All she can do on a warship is hurt the effort. It’s not about her.


Exactly.

Women hurt readiness. Thats what it should be about.
I don’t care that there are women sprinkled here and there that are doing a good job. Those are anomalies, not the norm. If we were serious about having the most prepared military that operated at peak efficiency women would not be on combat ships or combat units. Nothing can be said to negate that FACT.


76 posted on 04/19/2017 1:13:56 PM PDT by hillarys cankles
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To: ComradeBork

Can Minor49er make me a sammich?


77 posted on 04/19/2017 1:17:14 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: DesertRhino
That’s touching. But facts are facts. She would better serve her country by having a family during those precious reproduction years a woman has and by being there for her kids. Performing man roles isn’t good hour her, or us. All she can do on a warship is hurt the effort. It’s not about her.

Like +10

78 posted on 04/19/2017 1:18:49 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: castlegreyskull

Women on subs is all about making women feel good about themselves, thats it. It makes ZERO sense. There is not one thing supporters can say to justify women on subs. Hell, i can’t justify any reason for women on any ship.


79 posted on 04/19/2017 1:18:59 PM PDT by hillarys cankles
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To: Paulie

Ship’s doctor now has to have a gynecology degree?


80 posted on 04/19/2017 1:19:53 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Deportation mayhem is just birthing pains for a new America.)
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