[Nachum]

Ah, now we know why Mabus got the nod for the Navy Sec. job.

Link to USA Today reprint of the Navy Times article below-

[Dilbert56]

The U.S. Armed Forces are supposed to deter wars and, failing that, win them. They should not be used for social experimentation.

"Those are our subs now."

[vetvetdoug]

Ray Mabus is an idiot. He was an idiot when he was the Governor and an idiot when it came to common sense. I have a letter from him that says a lot of nothing when I asked him how he personally felt about the state flag. He would not stand on the issue and said that he had more important things to address...he lost because of this issue. Mabus is a typical low life crooked Mississippi lawyer...has no business as a Secretary of the Navy.

[walsh]

Not good.

[SloopJohnB]

Obama’s first in a line of liberal-class submarines for our ‘sensitive’ Navy.

On a serious note, here is additional specific information:

Military.com

Besides the incoming officers from the academy, the first women submariners will include female supply corps officers at the department head level, Roughead said. The change will be phased in over time to include enlisted female sailors on the SSBN and SSGNs, he said. Women will be added to the Navy's SSN fast-attack submarines after necessary modifications can be determined, he said.