Women 'Soon' Will Serve on Submarines, Navy Secretary Says

American Forces Press Service ^ | John J. Kruzel

[Gay State Conservative]

The women will not last ..

They will as long as Hussein is in "command".He'll see to it.

[screaminsunshine]

Cool. I hope you were not offended.

[Indy Pendance]

Did you ever think 72 virgins for all eternity was not enough?

[Pan_Yan]

Do subs even *do* 6 month cruises

It depends. If you are on a crappy boat you stay out until something breaks. If you are on a good boat you cover your missions and the missions of the boats that broke. I was at sea 220 days one year.

[SmithL]

Like Snorkel Patty "served" in Submarine Bars.

When I was on the Theodore Roosevelt, it could dive AND surface!

[Indy Pendance]

Offended? LOL! No way, I have 4 brothers, 0 sisters. Nothing phases me, I love the jokes. PC be damned!

[traditional1]

"Did you ever think 72 virgins for all eternity was not enough?"

Well, silly me...

I assure you I don't think ANY of the gals that "serve" on subs will be qualified thereafter as one of the "72".

However, they sure could end each cruise with a bundle o' cash to carry them through in the future!

[thefrankbaum]

Snopes says that Stress cards are bunk. I know they aren't the best source of information, but do either of you have any gouge about this currently going on? I simply can't believe we've fallen that far, that fast...

[screaminsunshine]

Hot Damn! Three if by government.

[Nosterrex]

I’ve served on fast attack subs and ballistic subs. I have no words to express how absurd I think that the idea of women serving on subs is. It is bad enough now having women serve in the Navy. As a retired senior officer, I had to deal with the fact that women have a far higher absentee rate than males due to “hormonal” problems. The pregnancy rate, even among officers, is a huge problem. Most of them are single mothers. Every ship on which I served with women would make the love boat look tame. There is more screwing going on in a mixed crew auxiliary ship in the Navy than in a Bangkok brothel. I can’t even begin to list the number of divorces I have had to deal with over these mixed crew experiments. It is one gawd awful mess. What is really and truly aggravating is that if you want to make a career out of the Navy, you don’t dare say anythingnegative about women serving in the Navy. It you do, you’ll never get promoted.

[Indy Pendance]

My army daughter and son-in-law, experiencing it first hand is proof enough for me. They’ve seen it with their very own eyes. My SIL is an E6 or E7 (I can’t keep up with his rank, he’s a sarge), and leads a group of military personal and has experienced this FIRST HAND!

[SandRat]

Asking Divine Protection for Those In Service

O God, I beseech You, watch over those exposed to the horror of war,
and the spiritual dangers of a soldier’s or sailor’s life.

Give them such a strong faith that no human respect may ever lead them to deny it,
nor fear ever to practice it.
By Your grace, O God,
fortify them against the contagion of bad example,
that being preserved from vice,
and serving You faithfully,
they may be ready to meet you face to face when they are so called:
through Christ our Lord.
Amen

[SandRat]

Let’s not forget the increase in Divorce rates.

[SandRat]

It’s going on at basic. Not at AIT any longer. Thank GOD.

[Bryanw92]

>>I would like it if the Navy put women on just one or two subs as a “shake down” to double check the thesis that it’s workable.

If the Pentagon would give it an honest shakedown, I’d agree. Unfortunately, political correctness mandates that any problems with women on submarines will be the fault of the men.

I served on subs for 8 years. It’s a stressful environment 24/7 and requires a certain amount of informality to keep people sane. Adding women and all the issues that involves would be disastrous.

Having a woman standing watch in Manuevering would make about 80% of the conversations we had off-limits. I’d hate to think what a couple months underwater would be like when you can’t talk about anything but the weather.

[Doohickey]

Yes. I’ve done it twice.

[Indy Pendance]

What is really and truly aggravating is that if you want to make a career out of the Navy, you don’t dare say anything negative about women serving in the Navy. It you do, you’ll never get promoted.

Someday, I hope we'll wake up. Unless I'm appointed dictator, we'll still be battling this crap for years, or unless the repugs wake up, (LOL) We've cut off our funding of the RNC completely, donate directly to conservative candidates. LOL, I'm dreaming, I know. Elect me as your dictator. We will solve our problems in under a year if I'm dictator!

[SandRat]

You know this idea came from a Skimmer it the originator served at all.

[Doohickey]

I know of women on the tender that would do the same thing to avoid getting underway for a two week OPPE.

[Indy Pendance]

I didn’t know about AIT, but likewise as you’ve said, Thank God!