PCO = Perspective Commanding Officer
Yes, woman have been serving on subs since 2008.
http://www.subsim.com/new_york_times_sub_article.htm
“The first female officers began serving aboard submarines last November... “
From article dated May 24, 2012
I found lots of articles dated 2010 talking about PLANS, but nothing about full-time crew members.
“The current program allows female officers to serve on large ballistic and guided missile submarines, but not on the smaller, fast-attack submarines. Participating via phone link, Vice Adm. John Richardson, commander, submarine forces, said no decisions have been made about whether to allow women to serve on the attack submarines or to expand the program and allow enlisted women to also serve in the submarine force.”
Reading between the lines, I’d say what he really wanted to say was, “This Administration and the political hacks at the Pentagon are pushing us to expand this to attack boats and enlisted. We are fighting it tooth & nail.”
So, no trained enlisted, let alone experienced personnel or NCO leadership.
All around stupid idea, designed to degrade the effectiveness of the US military and gain “brownie” points with college girls. The Democrats talk about the Republican’s “War on Women”, yet the Democrats seem to want “War Waged by Women”.