i believe serving on a sub is a choice (you volunteer). so no one is going to be forced into serving on a sub (unlike most other assignments in the military)
you go grrrls!!!
Navy Seeks to Allow Women to Serve on Submarines
Washington Post Staff Writer
The nation's top military officer has called for lifting the ban on women serving aboard submarines, in a significant step toward reducing the barriers to women in combat.
Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he seeks the change to broaden opportunities for women in the military. "One policy I would like to see changed is the one barring their service aboard submarines," Mullen wrote in answers to questions from Congress before his Senate reconfirmation hearing last week.
Lifting the ban would allow women for the first time to serve as officers and enlisted personnel aboard the strategic fleet of fast-attack and other submarines where sailors live and work in cramped quarters at sea for six months at a time. After combat- exclusion rules were lifted in the early 1990s, women in the Navy were allowed to serve on surface combat ships and in combat aircraft, but the ban on their employment in submarines remained.........
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Women served in World War II in a variety of capacities. "Making Waves - Navy Women of World War II" by Evan Bachner (Harry N. Abrams Inc.), is a photo book of women who served in Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service, or WAVES. FEB. 1943 Captains' inspection at Cedar Falls, Iowa: WAVES at ease.
Credits: Lieutenant Wayne Miller
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/arts/galleries/making_waves_book/making_waves_book.html#ixzz0SClKbxI2
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