Women on Subs?

[WarEnsemble]

The notion of women in combat arms---be it in the infantry or on submarines---is always predicated on the politically correct idea of what's fair and equal. Never what's effective or efficient.

When we go into a fight, do we want to be fair or effective?

[DSEddie]

I'll take effective for $500 Alex.

Seriously, allowing women on subs would cause many of the same problems as allowing them in combat arms. In some areas allowing them on subs would be worse. If a female in an Army unit on the ground got pregnant overseas, they would put her on a plane and send her home. As Ping pointed out, if a female on a sub got pregnant, or had bad enough feminine issues to need to be evac'ed, how do you maintain mission integrity and get her out at the same time?

[13B_Warrior]

MOM, it is so damn hard not to take a shot at the "batshit crazy" part of your post right now.

Like the sergeant major stated, I'm not the water type. The closest I got to that was JROTC, and 99.9% of my time in that was on land. The only time I have been on a submarine was when I went on a Boy Scout trip to the USS Alabama (BB-60), and that was the older USS Drum. Now, granted, modern Navy subs are probably bigger, but I doubt that they're big enough to become co-ed.

Outside of training, I have no Active Duty time under my belt, nor do I have any deployments. But, as all of you have stated thus far, common sense says that it would be a bad idea.

KING OF BATTLE!
13B