OMG, this is the ship for which I went to the christening.
This is no knock itself against women, but it’s another reason not to have women in combat position, least of all on ships.
My thinking is if women are to be in combat, they should be in their own units, period. There should be no mixing. Too much mischief happens, including pregnancy worst of all. Ideally there would be none.
I guess the bright side of this sordid tale is, at least it wasn’t homo stuff!
In today’s administration “homo stuff” would earn some sort of medal.
“My thinking is if women are to be in combat, they should be in their own units, period.”
Put the gay guys with them. This way they will have a safe buddy in the foxhole.
Even on boomers, a submarine is close quarters. What are they supposed to do on a fast attack boat where most of the sailors’s bunks are crammed along passageways, and are transmitted routinely to access different parts of the ship. What about the junior sailors that are berthed on temporary bunks in the torpedo room?
There ya go, the Navy is the perfect place to start - an all-chick submarine. They could call themselves The Go-Go’s.