Comments on: Mullen Wants Females on Subs

By: ComFisherman

ComFisherman — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:16:18 +0000

Its not the job, its the environment. Too tight, submerged too long. And some girl is gonna get touched on a fastboat with no room to get by and freak out and call sexual harrassment after shes been awake for a couple days. Ohio class boats for now.. its hard to get on one, coveted duty and the girls automatically get it. THATS sexist. Went through the same thing in the 80s with female nukes. Only sent them to shore duty, and paid them sea pay while there, and no place for a guy to go to get pro pay THATS sexist

By: Jamie

Jamie — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:24:34 +0000

I am a wife of a submariner....but that aside and just putting in my opinion on this "women on subs" thing....BAD IDEA!!! These man don't want to deal with women when they are trying to do their jobs. Being a submariner is hard enough, now they will have to worry about these women and their feelings. I think that it is bullshit that the Navy is saying "well it's time to make it fair to women, and give them a chance to do what these men have been doing....I want my husband home from deployment right now but that's not going to happen. The sub force is doing a good job right now how it is and why fix something that's not broken??? All I'm trying to say is that women have no place on subs and if the want to be in the sub community so bad then do what all the other women have done....marry a submariner!!!!! This job is for the men of the Navy to do and they do it well without women on their boats right now, it should just be left as it is.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:19:08 +0000

By: zpriola90

zpriola90 — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:50:01 +0000

i am currenly serving abord a submarine in hawaii right now. and let me tell you, this subject is all over the boat. when ever a female civilian comes abord to do work on a system.…all other work by the crew stops cause of her. they all stop and gaze with their jaws on the ground. a female submariner would destract the male crewmen from their job, there for leading to a half A** job. not to mentin the space limitations. there is no space at ALL for a female head or seperate female quaters. the enlisted men only get one and a half bathrooms as it is, plus hot racking. i understand the intention trying to be put forth, but the simple fact is that you would have to devide the ship in half to allow for female privicy and habbitation. theres just no room for it.…

By: mike

mike — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:19:55 +0000

I’ve been on subs for ten years. More than one variety, and with the different crews that come with that. So to the interested ladies, TAKE MY SPOT!!!!!!! Pride runs deep, because it is a horrible disgusting existence from which no one walks away with a complete soul! If you think I am kidding please take my spot, you are more than welcome to it, Idiots.

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:09:54 +0000

COED Submarines… What are they finally going to put real men on Tridents

By: Ken Stephens

Ken Stephens — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:55:05 +0000

Admiral,
You must have been deprived of oxygen sometime or other because you are partially brain dead. Some leaders think that everyone wants to be P.C. That simply is not true. Common sense has shown that even on surface craft, women disrupt the lives of men and the pregnancies which ensue cannot serve anyone well. You sir, are a disgrace to everyone who has earned their dolphins. Remove them from your uniform if you wish to honor those of us who are proud to have earned our.

By: Sam Nigro,MD

Sam Nigro,MD — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:00:09 +0000

As former Medical Officer on USSGEORGEWASHINGTON in 1962 when actual physicians were on board, I think Admiral Mullen, and any other Navy officer or legislator who thinks women should serve on submarines, should be required to take a 60 day submerged mission before they are allowed to decide. Afterwards, I have no doubt they will say: NO WAY.

By: Bill Gritton

Bill Gritton — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:16:05 +0000

Having served on both fast attack and boomer class sub. The problem is they are not made to support mixed gender crews. Future classes could be designed to fix this problem. I have gone to see with females onboard, it is a disruption to the crew. The normal paterns are not maintained it is easy to live with short time, but long term becomes more difficult. The real problem is simply the numbers of showers that are available. 5 on a 688, and 7 on a boomer. Even then the showers are only semi-private.
Honestly I think the wives would have the biggest problem with this plan. The divorce rate is high enough as it is no reason to add to an already difficult situation.

By: Alan Syler

Alan Syler — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:22:58 +0000

Qual date 12 June 1970.
NO, NO, HELL NO!!!
No women on submarines! Boats aren’t designed to accompany both sexes. There are too many obvious problems which would arise.