Female Submariners! What's Next? Female SEALS?

VetsCoR ^ | 4/29/2010 | A Navy Vet

[A Navy Vet]

The Navy recently changed policy to allow women on submarines. What the hell has happened to our Military? Have they lost their political correctness minds? Has the Navy not learned their lesson with the numerous pregnancies, difficulties on board between the sexes, and the unwarranted sexual harassment claims? I even witnessed such wrongful claims while women were still on tenders in the 1980's. Sure it's much worse now.

Now DOD is going to put women on subs with narrow passageways where some innocent Sailor can brush up against a female?

Think about it. A male Sailor walking through a two foot wide passageway on an attack sub and accidently brushes up against a female Sailor, meaning no intent, gets hammered for sexual harassment.

This is just plain a** stupid. Even on a Trident, you can't help but touch other Sailors while moving around. And what about "hot-racking". What? The girls get their own compartment and head? As if a sub has that the much space.

What's next? Women in the SEALS? After all, they deserve the same opportunities as men. Right?

Okay, so if ANY woman can pass the strength, endurance, and combat training for SEALS, then she's welcomed aboard. Good luck with that.

I've personally watched those guys train while I was at Coronado Island awaiting my ship to pull in, and watched the biggest strongest most muscular men "ring the bell" to quit. "GI Jane, with Demi Moore" was a Hollywood fantasy.

Unless the woman is the largest bull d*ke female of all time, there is no possibility of her passing SEAL training, maybe BUDS, but not SEAL combat training. In fact, I doubt that any woman will make it through HELL WEEK...and that's just the start.

Many years ago, Israel found that women in combat roles didn't work. They reversed that military policy.

The world is upside down - again. Women on subs. Pfft. So much for our national defense. Wonder how long it will take for a sub to have to surface to unload a female Sailor? I'm betting a six months at most...

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"Shipmate, that has been the case ever since women were allowed on Navy supple ships back in my day in the late 1970's."

I think it might be a loooooonnnngg time before they get to the gator navy. I'm shocked they're on subs to be quite frank. Aircraft carriers, okay maybe I can see that. However, the situations that can arise on a sub underwater for 90 - 100 days are too numerous to even get into and seriously, what kind of woman wants to do that job?

Perhaps I come off as a male chauvanist. So be it but I'm not looking at breaking into the fashion industry. There are differences between men and women. There are things that are in womens world and things that are in mens world. To think any differently is to be blind...

[fredhead]

Sorry to inform you, but they are on the Gators. About the only surface ships that don’t have female enlisted (oficers are there however) are the FFG’s, because the berthing arraingements on such a small ship would be impossible.

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"Sorry to inform you, but they are on the Gators."

I'm glad I'm retired....

[Jim W N]

Now DOD is going to put women on subs with narrow passageways where some innocent Sailor can brush up against a female?

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[csvset]

Ahoy there mateys!

RALEIGH, N. C. - Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) Midshipman 1st Class Megan Bittner, left, 22, from Chesapeake, Va., and NROTC Officer Candidate Karen Achtyl, 25, from Rochester, N.Y., were recently selected as the first NROTC females to serve aboard submarines. (U. S. Navy photo | Released May 3, 2010)

Megan Bittner Karen Achty

[Strikeforce6b]

Replying to if it was an all female crew, they are at sea and the crew is a cycling all about the same time out at after 6 months, I would hate to go against that sub, Plus you know they would all hate men at that time, and know one would be having a baby. Except 9 months after they went into port. Talk about a squid.

As Far as Navy SEAL, I believe let them apply if they pass without the standards being dropped god bless her. Because if the enemy gets her she will need all her training and GOD to stay alive.