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First Female Enlisted Sailor Gets Submarine-Qualified
Military.com ^
| August 3, 2016
| Hope Hodge Seck
Posted on 08/04/2016 5:58:23 PM PDT by QT3.14
A chief petty officer has become the first woman to earn the Navy's "silver dolphins," signaling an enlisted sailor qualified to serve aboard a submarine.
Chief culinary specialist Dominique Saavedra will deploy aboard the nuclear-powered guided-missile submarine Michigan in coming months, the first sub to deploy with a crew including enlisted female sailors.
According to an announcement from Submarine Group 9, out of Puget Sound, Washington, Saavedra received her pin at a ceremony Tuesday, marking a major milestone for female sailors.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: diversity; dominiquesaavedra; female; femalesailors; navy; pc; sailors; seamen; submarine; ussmichigan
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posted on
08/04/2016 5:58:23 PM PDT
by
QT3.14
To: QT3.14
Won’t the wives love THIS..?!
LOTS of fun.
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posted on
08/04/2016 6:00:03 PM PDT
by
gaijin
To: QT3.14
She is a cook.
Snowflake media misses the irony.
100% she gets pregnant.
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posted on
08/04/2016 6:00:21 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: QT3.14
“She’s going down!” /headdesk facepalm>
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posted on
08/04/2016 6:00:27 PM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: QT3.14
Let’s see...how long will it be before “incidents” will be swept under the rug, and some Commanding Officer is going to eventually be relieved due to “loss of confidence”
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posted on
08/04/2016 6:00:53 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
(Orwell described Liberals when he wrote of those who "repudiate morality while laying claim to it.")
To: QT3.14
Any truth to the rumor they're going to rename the ship the USS Lewinsky?
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posted on
08/04/2016 6:01:19 PM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: QT3.14
What happens if she gets pregnant?
Can’t just surface a boomer and sail to the nearest port.
5.56mm
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posted on
08/04/2016 6:01:52 PM PDT
by
M Kehoe
To: grey_whiskers
More like USS Braxton-Hicks.
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posted on
08/04/2016 6:02:18 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: M Kehoe
That’s what torpedo tubes are for.
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posted on
08/04/2016 6:02:30 PM PDT
by
TADSLOS
(Vote Trump. Defeat the Clinton Crime Syndicate. Reset America.)
To: gaijin
I remember having a summer home at the Jersey Shore with a bunch of guys and gals in their 20s.
There’s tonna be a lot of maternity leave.
I WAS GOOD, the other folks in the house weren’t :)
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posted on
08/04/2016 6:03:55 PM PDT
by
dp0622
(The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
To: Secret Agent Man
Three weeks out of the month she is. One week is “cook your effin’ food sailor.”
To: TADSLOS
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posted on
08/04/2016 6:05:20 PM PDT
by
M Kehoe
To: QT3.14
To the galley with you!
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"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!" |
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posted on
08/04/2016 6:05:27 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN - 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle!)
To: Molon Labbie
One week if they are lucky.
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posted on
08/04/2016 6:05:54 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Secret Agent Man
How sexist of you. /s
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posted on
08/04/2016 6:07:17 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: QT3.14
She WILL deploy? When I got my dolphins, you had to actually go to sea! If you were in the yards, they’d send you to another boat for a patrol so you could get your at-sea quals done. Or you waited until your boat got underway.
So, the first woman to get her silver dolphins is the first to make a mockery of them.
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posted on
08/04/2016 6:07:48 PM PDT
by
Bryanw92
(If we had some ham, we could have ham and eggs, if we had some eggs.)
To: Secret Agent Man
To: grey_whiskers
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posted on
08/04/2016 6:11:22 PM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: QT3.14
A quick Google search found:
and this
and this
Somehow I'm guessin' the third picture is the correct one...
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posted on
08/04/2016 6:12:47 PM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: Molon Labbie
In before the first accusation of sexual harassment is filed by her!
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posted on
08/04/2016 6:12:47 PM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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