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U.S. Navy subs going coed
UPI ^
| April 29, 2010
Posted on 04/29/2010 8:26:55 PM PDT by myknowledge
WASHINGTON, April 29 (UPI) -- U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus formally announced a policy change Thursday clearing the decks for women to serve on submarines.
Women had never been allowed to serve on submarines in the 110-year history of the underwater force.
The new coed era will begin once selected female officers complete 15 months of training. The plan calls for three women to be assigned to eight crews attached to four guided-missile attack and ballistic missile submarines, the Navy said on its Web site.
The change had been anticipated since Defense Secretary Robert Gates formally presented a letter to congressional leaders Feb. 19 notifying them of the Navy's desire to reverse the policy of prohibiting submarine service to women.
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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bubbleheads; coed; feminaziagenda; idiocy; militarywomen; silentservice; submarine; usnavy
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To: rangerwife
Oh great! Irritated, jealous, and withdrawal problems...heh. Going to really be fun serving on a sub.
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posted on
04/29/2010 8:38:50 PM PDT
by
Deagle
To: TCH
Didnt many say the same about letting blacks in the military?
Just saying...
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posted on
04/29/2010 8:39:34 PM PDT
by
jerry557
To: hoosierham
That's right, and aboard a submarine, you are ALWAYS at war. I read that quote in a novel titled Typhoon, written by Robin White.
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posted on
04/29/2010 8:39:45 PM PDT
by
myknowledge
(B.H. Obama's just a frontman. A frontman for who? The globalist elite, stupid!)
To: TCH
Obama MUST undermine the Military and emasculate them into total submission.. Obama will need the military on HIS side when the Civil War starts. At the moment, our military would kick Obama’s Azz, along with all of his henchpeople.
To: olezip
It’s incremental degradation of the country’s military capabilities by design. We don’t ever hear of Russian or Chinese sub fleets having women submariners, do we?
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posted on
04/29/2010 8:41:48 PM PDT
by
myknowledge
(B.H. Obama's just a frontman. A frontman for who? The globalist elite, stupid!)
To: historyrepeatz
No, but that’s very clever, and just as funny!
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posted on
04/29/2010 8:42:11 PM PDT
by
LongElegantLegs
( I have nothing better to do than sit around all night watching a lunatic not turn into a werewolf.)
To: myknowledge
“You should realize a submarine is a precarious environment to work in.
One woman submariner's mistake can lead to the fatal deaths of all her male counterparts, and the sub herself.
Leave the Silent Service to the men, OK!”
coming from a woman, i do agree with you on this, and I’ll add one, women don't need to get the president job either, maybe some might disagree, but i don't think god made man first just for any reason.
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posted on
04/29/2010 8:42:31 PM PDT
by
sunbird
(not enough people say what they mean, and mean what they say.)
To: jerry557
WTF are you talking about?
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posted on
04/29/2010 8:43:33 PM PDT
by
mylife
(Opinions...$1 Halfbaked...50c)
To: Ready4Freddy
What I mean is, if she makes a simple noise, even by accident when everyone else is hush-hush, such as dropping something on the floor. That is enough to trigger the firing of an enemy torpedo, which can sink an SSN with one hit.
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posted on
04/29/2010 8:43:52 PM PDT
by
myknowledge
(B.H. Obama's just a frontman. A frontman for who? The globalist elite, stupid!)
To: myknowledge
Well there goes the infamous “What’s round, long, and full of seamen” joke....
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posted on
04/29/2010 8:44:58 PM PDT
by
Proud_USA_Republican
("The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.")
To: myknowledge
I wonder how large the Maternity Ward is and whether the gynecologist will have an office in the Ward or will have a separate office.
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posted on
04/29/2010 8:45:56 PM PDT
by
Rembrandt
(.. AND the donkey you rode in on.)
To: LongElegantLegs
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posted on
04/29/2010 8:46:07 PM PDT
by
60Gunner
(But there's this one particular harbor...)
To: LongElegantLegs
Post it privately and let's hear from your loving, caring soul mate, who's also crass, sexist and jocular.
We all need a break from political correctness.
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posted on
04/29/2010 8:46:14 PM PDT
by
BIGLOOK
(Keelhaul Congress!)
To: ladyvet
What could the USN possibly do next like name a ship after John Murtha and put Navy Seals on trial.Whoops I forgot that's exactly what the ticket punchers did.God helps us.
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posted on
04/29/2010 8:46:16 PM PDT
by
shanover
(These are the times that try men's souls....tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered-T. Paine)
To: historyrepeatz; LongElegantLegs
I bet it has to do with :
1) Seamen
2) Pink torpedoes
3) Hot-bunking
4) Up periscope
5) A place to put all the gay male sailors
6) How WW III will start with an all-female crew on a boomer, once their cycles get synchronized.
Cheers!
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posted on
04/29/2010 8:46:24 PM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.http://www.free)
To: myknowledge
The Silent Service Is A VOLUNTEER service ... Just don’t volunteer ...
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posted on
04/29/2010 8:47:54 PM PDT
by
Robe
(Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
To: jerry557
“Didnt many say the same about letting blacks in the military?”
Do you have a source for that or is this just drivel drooling out of your slack-jawed face?
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posted on
04/29/2010 8:50:48 PM PDT
by
Rembrandt
(.. AND the donkey you rode in on.)
To: grey_whiskers
Which area is going to be converted to a maternity ward?
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posted on
04/29/2010 8:51:01 PM PDT
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Obie Wan Nairobi from the 1/2 dark side. The farce with this one strong, it is...)
To: Ready4Freddy
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posted on
04/29/2010 8:52:21 PM PDT
by
mylife
(Opinions...$1 Halfbaked...50c)
To: Rembrandt
You have closets bigger than the Docs(Medical Corpsman) office!
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posted on
04/29/2010 8:53:59 PM PDT
by
mylife
(Opinions...$1 Halfbaked...50c)
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