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Navy says it is ready to end ban on women in submarines
Navy says it is ready to end ban on women in submarines
STORY HIGHLIGHTS DoD official: Letters of intent sent to Congress, which has requested briefings Move toward co-ed subs has no opposition among Navy leaders, official says Under plan, officers would be first to go co-ed, with women bunking together Larger, nuclear-powered missile subs would be the first to carry women, official says RELATED TOPICS U.S. Navy Robert Gates Women's Issues Washington (CNN) -- Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has notified Congress of plans to allow women to serve aboard submarines, a Defense Department official said Tuesday. Letters of intent were sent Monday to Congress, which has requested briefings on the matter, said the official, who asked not to be identified. There will be no vote on the matter in Congress. The change was recommended by the chief of naval operations and the secretary of the Navy in addition to Gates, the official said, adding that there was no opposition to the move among Navy leaders. A phased approach is being considered under which officers -- who already have separate living quarters -- would be the first to go co-ed, followed by crews, with the women bunking together, the official said. Crew space would have to be modified prior to that happening, the official added. The submarines expected to carry women initially would be the larger ones -- nuclear-powered, missile-carrying submarines known as SSBN and SSGN, the official said. Women joined the crews of the Navy's surface ships in 1993, but officials had previously cited limited privacy and the cost of reconfiguring the vessels in arguing against their joining sub crews. Last September, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead described himself as "very comfortable addressing integrating women into the submarine force." "Accommodations are a factor, but not insurmountable," he said. Find this article at: http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/02/23/wom...ex.html?hpt=T2
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02-24-2010, 10:55 AM
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Either way, it'll give new meaning to "Dive! Dive!"
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You could call all the women (sub)marines... because they'd all be full of semen.
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