OT: Women on subs

[copeab]

US women to be allowed to serve on submarines. I find it interesting who allegedly is most upset about this ...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100429/ap_on_re_us/us_women_on_submarines

[pmulcahy11b]

I know it's wrong, but I keep thinking about the movie Operation Petticoat...I'm not normally that chauvinistic!

[Matt Wiser]

Or the 1970s TV series, with a young Jamie Lee Curtis as one of the nurses. Anyway, it's about time. And it's a good idea to have women first on the boomers and the SSGNs, and then gradually get them onto the fast-attack boats. And despite what Elaine Donnelly and Phyllis Schafly would have you think, this was a non-issue for Congress. (I wish those two would just shut up!)

[pmulcahy11b]

I think a logical next step would be for the Army and Marines to open up the attack helicopter field to women.

[Fusilier]

I think a logical next step would be for the Army and Marines to open up the attack helicopter field to women.

To me the next logical step would be to open up any field.

[Matt Wiser]

The attack helo field has been open to women since 1993 in both the Army and USMC. The only fields closed are:

Infantry

Armor

Field Artillery

SOF (SEALs, Rangers, Army SF, AF PJs and Combat Control Teams)

Battlefield Air Defense (Stinger teams, Humvee Avengers, Bradley Stinger)

Though I imagine that will change, since the current Army Chief of Staff and the Chairman of the JCS have called for a reevaluation of these restrictions.

[headquarters]

hehe

To me the next logical step would be to open up any field.

Me too. We have had equal opportunity military since the 1970s.

If a woman can pass selection and make it through training as well as a man she is in up here .Fighter pilots,infantry,artillery,subs etc .I have yet to hear of a female SF operator though..But considering the selection process..It is so brutal that hardly anyone makes it at all.probably women have tried and failed .But it is of course all secret .

[Fusilier]

I have yet to hear of a female SF operator though.

Canadian JTF2 has/had at least one. I don't know any details though, only saw her when I was doing enemy force.

[Targan]

US women to be allowed to serve on submarines.

Nice to see that Australia is ahead of the game in this area.

[copeab]

I have yet to hear of a female SF operator though.

There have been rumors for many years that Delta Force has a small number of women used for intelligence-gathering (not combat) missions. Given the highly secretive nature of Delta Force, we are unlikely to ever know if this rumor is true or not. It is certainly plausible though, given the missions they are tasked with.

[headquarters]

ahem..

There have been rumors for many years that Delta Force has a small number of women used for intelligence-gathering (not combat) missions. Given the highly secretive nature of Delta Force, we are unlikely to ever know if this rumor is true or not. It is certainly plausible though, given the missions they are tasked with.

In your opinion - will these Special Forces operators be especially hot

[Rainbow Six]

Canadian JTF2 has/had at least one. I don't know any details though, only saw her when I was doing enemy force.

I've read media articles stating that a small number of women served with the SAS and other clandestine units in Northern Ireland during the 70's and 80's. I think* they were officially attached to the Intelligence Corps rather than the SAS, so not SOF in the strictest sense of the word.

*(For obvious reasons there wasn't much by the way of specifics in the article).

Edit. Just seen Copeab's post about rumours of women serving with Delta Force, and I think the British women I'm referring to had a similar role.

[Mohoender]

I have yet to hear of a female SF operator though..

Here you go: the French 1st RPIMa currently has 43 women within its ranks.

[Fusilier]

I think* they were officially attached to the Intelligence Corps rather than the SAS, so not SOF in the strictest sense of the word.

Yeah I'm familiar a little with that and also think they were intelligence corps... If memory serves, I believe 2 Int Company sounds right or something like that. The unit was more secretive than the other usual Int units.

[copeab]

In your opinion - will these Special Forces operators be especially hot

If you need them to be, sure

(Most likely, they would be fairly average looking, to better blend into the population)