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Women are in submarines now. Guess why. Because there aren’t enough eligible men volunteering.

Um...no...women on boats has nothing to do with manning requirements...it's 100% PC BS.

Ironically, the presence of women will make manning more difficult. Life on a submarine is high tempo and incredibly stressful without women...throw in sexual tension that is inevitable, and overly sensitive women that can't handle the workload, and you are creating a very toxic environment which will drive down retention of men.

Then there is the cost/benefit analysis of coed boats. Early results show very poor retention rates for female submariners. Considering all the extra money needed to facilitate the presence of women--duplicate facilities for females at all points in the training pipeline and beyond, the cost per female on a boat is significantly higher. Throw in pregnant women who cannot serve on a deployed submarine, who then must be replaced or leave the crew short handed, and just from a fiscal standpoint it makes no sense. This in an era of ever tighter budgets.

Lot's of other reasons why women on boats, and in other front line combatant units, is stupid...just because we can do something doesn't mean we should. Fairness is irrelevant in warfare. The military needs the freedom to field the most effective fighting force possible...PC be damned.

---A former Submariner