Navy Set to Crew Subs with Female Sailors

[Swager]

From Military.Com:

Breaking with a tradition that spans more than half a century, the Navy is in the final planning stages to integrate female Sailors into its submarine fleet.

"Having commanded a mixed gender surface combatant, I am very comfortable addressing integrating women into the submarine force," said Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead in a statement to Military.com. "I am familiar with the issues as well as the value of diverse crews."

"This has had and will continue to have my personal attention as we work toward increasing the diversity of our Navy afloat and ashore," he added.

The CNO is an idiot!  A mixed gender surface combatant is hugely different form a mixed gender submarine.  Well maybe that is what the Navy is coming to.

[gyrene81]

Gives the guys different booty to look at besides each others...at least it will be a female booty.  Go Navy...LOL

[FiLtH]

Operation Petticoat....as nice as it seems, Im betting theres alot of old salts who will be retiring when that goes into effect.

[Saxman]

Operation Petticoat....as nice as it seems, Im betting theres alot of old salts who will be retiring when that goes into effect.

Don't think they'd complain too much if they look like this:

[Nemisis]

Lol, gives everyone something to look at that never gets boring.... I hope for the women's sake that they have seperat bunk rooms ....

[jay]

for all those captains who cant put up with all the guys on board they have a new challenge ahead

[TheZohan]

whats long and hard and full of seaman.. err women!

[john9001]

gives new meaning to the term "hot bunking".

[Die Hard]

About time they joined the rest of the western world in the 21st century.

[Saurdaukar]

I predict a rise in submariners.

No pun, of course.

[Nefarious]

I had an older friend a while back who served on some of the last remaining diesel subs in the US fleet.

He said during there cruises they would have dingle berry competitions to see who could "grow" the largest dingle berry. He said some people on the ship would cheat and actually make there own to try and win the competition. It got to the point where they would actually dissect them to see if they were real or not.

I wonder if the women would participate in those contests. 

Submariners... a strange breed indeed.

[TwinEng]

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Here is a preview of the new uniforms that have been designed for the new female submariners:

[WilldCrd]

Don't think they'd complain too much if they look like this:

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i got a feeling they wont look anywhere NEAR that hot.
the majority of female sailors i've seen in the navy look eather to ugl...err i mean non-hotty OR they look to damn mean to try and piss off.
Now some of the aviator ladies in the AF is a different matter, i supose the navel aviatrix's have a few that are easy on the eyes

[Anaxogoras]

We're getting closer and closer to the co-ed military of Starship Troopers.  Train together, fight together, eat together...sleep together.

[Saxman]

We're getting closer and closer to the co-ed military of Starship Troopers.  Train together, fight together, eat together...sleep together.

Yeah, but how many are actually going to look like Dennise Richards and Dina Meyer?