Posted on 05/24/2012 4:35:56 PM PDT by QT3.14
A woman yesterday took command of a frontline warship for the first time in the Navy’s 500-year history.
Commander Sarah West, 40, is now in sole control of HMS Portland, a Type 23 frigate and its mostly male crew of 185.
(Excerpt) Read more at mirror.co.uk ...
My only concern is PMS, it is deleterious when it is PMS and a hand gun...
But PMS and a Battle Ship.. Could get down right dicey!
Just sayin!
I might remind you that the Concordia was captained by some guy who held himself out to be Captain Stud Hunk and abandoned his ship and passengers as soon as he could.
I might remind you that the Concordia was captained by some guy who held himself out to be Captain Stud Hunk and abandoned his ship and passengers as soon as he could.
Check out the USAF pilot, radio call “Killer Chick”
Major Kim Reed-Campbell (born June 6, 1975 in Honolulu, Hawaii)[1] is an officer and Senior Pilot in the U.S. Air Force. She was decorated for piloting her A-10 Thunderbolt II back to base in southern Iraq after taking heavy anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) damage in aerial combat over Baghdad during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Daughter of the mayor of San Jose (and former USAF Captain) Chuck Reed, Campbell joined the Civil Air Patrol as a cadet at age 13 and made her first solo flight in a civilian aircraft over San Jose at age 16.
She graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Air Force Academy in 1997 where she was the cadet wing commander, as was her father during his time at the academy, the first time that had happened.[2] She holds a degree in International Security Studies from the University of Reading, United Kingdom, and a Masters in Business Administration from Imperial College London, England, which she undertook while on a Marshall Scholarship.
After her tour of duty in Iraq ended, Campbell gave lectures throughout the United States about her experience, including one at the National Air and Space Museum. Kim Campbell attained the rank of Major in the autumn of 2006. She is married to another A-10 pilot, Major Scott Campbell, whom she met at the Air Force Academy.
She was flying a mission over Baghdad on 7 April 2003. “We did our job with the guys there on the ground, and as we were on our way out is when I felt the jet get hit. It was pretty obvious — it was loud... I lost all hydraulics instantaneously, and the jet rolled left and pointed toward the ground, which was an uncomfortable feeling over Baghdad. It didn’t respond to any of my control inputs.” She tried several procedures to get the aircraft under control, none of which worked; last, she put the plane into manual reversion, meaning she was flying the aircraft without hydraulics. The aircraft immediately responded. “The jet started climbing away from the ground, which was a good feeling because there was no way I wanted to eject over Baghdad.” With some technical advice from her flight leader, Lieutenant Colonel Turner, she flew the injured plane for an hour back to the air base. “The jet was performing exceptionally well. I had no doubt in my mind I was going to land that airplane.” Landing was tricky: “When you lose all the hydraulics, you don’t have speed brakes, you don’t have brakes, and you don’t have steering
Kim Campbell’s A-10 suffered extensive damage.For this action in aerial combat she was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross
On the ground it was discovered that her A-10 had sustained damage to one engine and to the redundant hydraulic systems, disabling the flight controls, landing gear and brakes, and horizontal stabilizer. A detailed inspection revealed hundreds of holes in the airframe and that large sections of the stabilizer and hydraulic controls were missing
“She’s one of the few pilots who ever landed the A-10 in the manual mode,” said General Richard Myers, USAF, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The first and only? Cashiered out under questionable circumstances?
It’s OK to read the story before posting.
Thank you for saying what I would have posted had you not posted it first. ; )
I’m amazed! I thought the UK didn’t have a navy anymore and was content with a token force for coast guard duties.
LOLOLOL Wrong thread....we’re not talking about “gays in the military” are we?
PMS [Name of ship]?
None of this is in the US Navy. Yet.
You’re way behind times!
But this:
Unfortunately, the latest benchmark isn't one to brag about: being booted as captain of a billion-dollar warship for "cruelty and maltreatment" of her 400-member crew. According to the Navy inspector general's report that triggered her removal — and the accounts of officers who served with her — Captain Holly Graf was the closest thing the U.S. Navy had to a female Captain Bligh.
A Navy admiral stripped Graf of her command of the Japan-based guided missile cruiser U.S.S. Cowpens in January. The just-released IG report concludes that Graf "repeatedly verbally abused her crew and committed assault" and accuses her of using her position as commander of the Cowpens "for personal gain." But old Navy hands tell TIME that those charges, substantiated in the IG report, came about because of the poisonous atmosphere she created aboard her ship.
The Rise and Fall of a Female Captain Bligh
Oh,I thought that was a sub from the San Francisco fleet.
Im sure she will fit in there somewhere.
That's the concern I have about so-called ' diversity' and 'equality.'
Now that women in the military have been give an inch, they are out to take a mile. Sue for the right to be in combat and in particular be a Ranger.
To bolster my argument check out this nearly 1:30 hour documentary that played in theaters. A National Geographic cameraman lived for months at a dangerous isolated outpost in the rugged mountains Afghanistan filming daily duties, patrols, cramped living quarters, terrain/firefights, etc. As you watch it visualize the fair sex fitting into these scenarios as just 'one of the guys.'
“The first and only? Cashiered out under questionable circumstances?”
What kind of moron HiTech Redneck are you? Questionable circumstances? Her CMC should’ve punched her and had her thrown in the brig!
I mean questionable about HER conduct.
ok, nevermind,,,,,
Sending my mother in law into the front line would be some kind of breech of the Geneva Convention...
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