[YankeeReb]

So what do you think will happen when the first woman aboard a sub gets pregnant, do they surface in order to med-evac her? What about if her child is born with birth defects due to radiation or even exposure to lead from the batteries? This can happen long after she's done serving. Will we be seeing lawsuits? Have the idiots in this administration thought this through or are we doing it because its politically correct?

I don't see how this policy enhances the capability of our submarine force, therefore it's par for the course in the 0bama administration.

I'm to the point now where I can only refer to him as the a$$ occupying the white house.

[rottndog]

So what do you think will happen when the first woman aboard a sub gets pregnant, do they surface in order to med-evac her?

This will be a huge problem....it is ILLEGAL for a pregnant woman to be exposed to occupational radiation (the legal exposure limit for unborn babies is ZERO). Everyone onboard a submarine wears dosimetry, because everyone onboard a submarine receives occupational radiation exposure. Therefore by law, any pregnant female cannot be on a submarine. I don't see a way around this. This would require the immediate removal of a pregnant woman from the boat the instant she is medically determined to be pregnant. This would immediately compromise the mission of the boat.

Pregnancy is just one of the issues....You introduce sexual tension and the hereditary and genetic competition between males for the females into an already extremely stressful environment, and the only result will be a reduction in war fighting readiness of the crew. If the only possible result is a reduction in war readiness, then what's the point????

This is purely politically correct CRAP!

[Political Junkie Too]

So what do you think will happen when the first woman aboard a sub gets pregnant, do they surface in order to med-evac her?

I was wondering most about that. Don't today's nuclear submarines remain submerged all the time? I didn't think it was their procedure to surface at all unless at night or in a concealed place where satellites cannot pinpoint their locations.

-PJ