Posted on 12/06/2012 9:52:06 AM PST by george76
Three sailors assigned to the USS Maine and USS Wyoming became the first female unrestricted line officers to qualify in submarines on Dec. 5.
Lt. j.g. Marquette Leveque, a native of Fort Collins, Colo., assigned to the Gold Crew of Wyoming, and Lt. j.g. Amber Cowan and Lt. j.g. Jennifer Noonan of Maine’s Blue Crew received their submarine “dolphins” during separate ceremonies at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Ga., and Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, Wash.
In order to receive their dolphins, Leveque, Cowan and Noonan were required to qualify as Officer of the Deck and Engineering Officer of the Watch, perform damage control functions, and demonstrate satisfactory qualities of leadership.
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Prior to reporting to their boats beginning in November 2011, Leveque, Cowan, Noonan and the other women assigned to Ohio, Maine, Wyoming and Georgia graduated from the Submarine Officer Basic Course in Groton, Conn. In addition, the submarine line officers under instruction graduated from the Naval Nuclear Power School at Charleston, S.C., and underwent naval nuclear prototype training.
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LOL!
It gives me great solace that the military the Marxists hope to marshal against us patriots when the time comes is the same military that hasn’t won a war since WWII, and is continually being gutted further both in terms of funding, warrior ethos, morale and common sense. Bring it on!
Transfer requests to the USS Maine have suddenly increased.
Remember the Maine, indeed.
}:-)4
That’s the one the shipyard worker burned for 400 million?
Another sad day on the road to serfdom...
They’re easy on the eyes, too!
whoopie.
“If they fail, then they fail”
Kind of cavalier about our nation’s defense and our tax dollars aren’t you? The military isn’t a social experiment! What a FReeping liberal!
I believe you have forgotten that those officers EARNED the right to wear the uniform and EARNED the right to serve on subs.
Just my opinion, and just so you know, those who disagree with you are not automatically liberal in their views.
Sheesh!
“EARNED”
You know that and that no standards were compromised? They have always been in the past with these female affirmative action hires.
To answer your question — are submarines the type of ship (boat) where standards of performance can be altered for a few members of a crew?
The nature of vessel and it needs for damage control teams would suggest not.
I do understand your position, there should be no women in combat, I agree with that position as well.
However, the naval hierarchy seemns to believe that these three officers are capable of performing to the level required for subermarines.
The naval hierarchy believes anything Obama tells them to believe. And no statistics or facts will ever get in their way!
“are submarines the type of ship (boat) where standards of performance can be altered for a few members of a crew?”
How about airplanes? Can the military services change standards for pilots of military aircraft? Your logic would probably assume not, but they did.
“the naval hierarchy “
That naval hierarchy had Moochelle Obama show up and proclaim her support for an all female sub crew. That hierarchy will do whatever it takes to get it and that includes lowering standards however far necessary to obtain an all female crew.
I don’t mean to be misogynistic, but there was an article published recently about two female college roommates, one of which poisoned the other (hospitalization, no fatality) because of an argument over who did the dishes.
I’m sorry, but some people don’t grow up at all, and I’d hate to see the equivalent of that sort of attitude on some submersible metal tube.
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Add in a little liberal propaganda that they “deserve it” and it is “rightfully theirs” and that attitude magnifies greatly; “Who are you to flunk me off this sub? F’ You! *bang*”
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