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The problem is, you need an experienced submarine crew in place to train new crew members. New sailors have to pass qualifications on a large number of tasks and watch stations. You don't put some brand new crew on board a sub, complete with chiefs and officers, with NOBODY qualified. On a submarine there is no room for extra personnel, that means that you need to be able to do your job and any number of others, because there are no specialized backups. That means that the sub can only integrate a certain amount of new crew at a time, and that's with experienced Chiefs, First Classes, and officers.They should just have an all women crew. Might be an interesting thing to try out. I say this because I personally do not have a problem with women on submarines. I think women could do the job just as good as men could. I however do not think that women and men can co-exist on a submarine without major problems ranging from hostility, sex, and the fact that there just is no room to have separate living and hygiene spaces in the cramped confines of a submarine.
The problem is, you need an experienced submarine crew in place to train new crew members. New sailors have to pass qualifications on a large number of tasks and watch stations. You don't put some brand new crew on board a sub, complete with chiefs and officers, with NOBODY qualified. On a submarine there is no room for extra personnel, that means that you need to be able to do your job and any number of others, because there are no specialized backups. That means that the sub can only integrate a certain amount of new crew at a time, and that's with experienced Chiefs, First Classes, and officers.
There is NO RATIONAL PURPOSE in having a female on a submarine. There is no advantage to the military in doing that.
they may be stupid but they can't do magic. Admiral Donald and every other Navy Admiral will tell them that they'll be glad to as long as a new submarine is built that makes it possible. As it is, not going to happen. They just physically have no place to put them.You can bet your bottom dollar that if the current administration stays in power along with the current congress mix, there will be women on subs and eventually women in the combat arms of the Army.
Actually Clay, there is, and its the one place that would never work:They just physically have no place to put them.
It really is typical, they demand "equality" then demand special treatment.