Gender politics and the sinking of the KNM Helge Ingstad ( Norway )

Free West Media ^ | November 14, 2018

[TangoLimaSierra]

Operation Petticoat.

[wally_bert]

Wonder what the premium is for a frigate?

[SunkenCiv]

Good, because when a war breaks out, we need to have some easy marks to draw enemy fire.

[Still Thinking]

Are they saying that women can’t drive?

[wally_bert]

Good movie, mediocre series.

[blueunicorn6]

Oh, those unintended consequences.

[Still Thinking]

They thought about getting insurance, then decided “Aw, friggit!”

[rbg81]

Something similar happened on a US Navy ship incident recently. I remember reading something about how some of the female officers on duty were not talking to each other and it contributed to the collision.

https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2018/05/07/fitzgeralds-officer-of-the-deck-faces-court-martial-tuesday-for-fatal-collision/

[broken_clock]

Isn’t this a similar situation to the USS Fitzgerald where the female officer of the deck and the navigator weren’t speaking to each other?

[P.O.E.]

Were they trying to parallel park the thing?

[broken_clock]

GMTA

[wally_bert]

Probably couldn’t find an affordable carrier.

[blueunicorn6]

“Cost the Norwegian Navy its entire annual budget”

Uff da!

[Still Thinking]

[rimshot]

[Rummyfan]

In the Norwegian magazine.. stated that “Four out of five navigators on frigate KNM Helge Ingstad are women“.

Hmmm.....

[wally_bert]

We really can’t afford them either but they are still needed for the time being.

[JennysCool]

Any movie that has Tony Curtis being Tony Curtis and his superstar co-star (Cary Grant here, Gregory Peck in Captain Newman, MD ) trying to deal with it is fantastic. Curtis is SERIOUSLY underrated.

[wally_bert]

Layoffs for the Norwegian navy?

Unemployment insurance?

[SaveFerris]

Go to the end of the movie where the kid calls Cary Grant “Mr. Grant” instead of by his character’s name.