"It is almost as harmful to good order and discipline as gays in the military. there are many rear area roles which women can perform."
I get so tired of hearing that line. Just how pray tell is it so and by the way did you ever consider that some of us women DON'T want rear area roles? I sure didn't, that's why I didn't enlisted after college years ago. I wasn't raised to sit on the sidelines.
Women who turn up pregnant at deployment time. Women who turn up pregnant while on deployment. Relationships between shipmates. (Remember the story from earlier this week of the sailor who murdered his married roommate?).