2007-12-17 22:09:11 · 11 answers · asked by kasann007 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
No, not in the US, but several foreign Navies permit woman on submarines. The US had no plan on changing this.
ADDED: Justin what makes a submarine different from a skimmer. Come on board for a short 2-3 week underway, and you will get your answer! It is too cramped, no possibility of segregation or berthing areas that do not contain some vital equipment or that is regurally used, and many other reasons.
2007-12-17 22:44:02 · answer #1 · answered by Think for yourself 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the US Navy no, but other countries have. But there was one Female Officer in the US Navy who did qualify as a Submariner in Bangor, WA before 9/11. She did a lot of little runs and it took awhile to be done.
As a female who has done the angles and dangles, emergency blow, used the head, tried to sleep in the rack, ate in the galley, and so forth during a dependents cruise (it was not just a few hours but all day), I don't see it happening soon. The hallways are way to tight in that you will touch a person going by you without meaning to. So this could easily be mistaken as sexual harassment. Then there is the sharing of the racks that does happen quite often which is already tight anyway, so a schedule has to be worked out. The storage room there isn't any for the necessary needs when deployed for a female. And even then that can cause problems. Plus if right before a deployment a female crew member gets pregnant that is going to mess everything up. Then there is the final issue, I trust my dh, I trust most of the guys, but I don't trust a lot of the females, whether they are in the military or not. To many false accusations have been made over the years that has caused serious problems for men, their jobs, their families and their lives.
2007-12-18 08:32:08 · answer #2 · answered by NWIP 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Not in the UK, can't speak for the Yanks.
Reason women aren't allowed, currently, is because there is simply not the space to split a boat into male and female facilities. It is not practical.
The reason there's women on surface ships is because there's the space to alter things to separate male and female heads and mess decks.
I did hear a rumour that the new Astute class boats would be male and female crewed, but I don't know if that's true or not.
2007-12-18 06:36:35 · answer #3 · answered by Beastie 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No females can not serve aboard submarines, but they can be stationed on the submarine tender that services the submarines. Submarines are not outfitted for females.
2007-12-18 09:07:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on where you are at. If you are in America there are only three ways a women is on a sub:
(1) Female civilian technicians for a few days at most; (2) Women midshipmen on an overnight during summer training for both Navy ROTC and Naval Academy; (3) Family members for one-day dependent cruises.
However, many other countries allow it including: Australia, Norway, Canada and Spain
2007-12-18 06:16:59 · answer #5 · answered by mors11284 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I know the answer is no, but I want to know why and what makes a submarine any different than a surface ship?
2007-12-18 06:15:45 · answer #6 · answered by Justin R 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
not at the moment. there are no ways currently to retrofit Subs for co -ed berthing. there is a SLIGHT chance that future designs will include separate berthing areas, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
2007-12-18 07:43:13 · answer #7 · answered by Mrsjvb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Unless it was an all female crew. Then again it depends on the Country of service.
2007-12-18 06:16:38 · answer #8 · answered by Sim 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. It's prohibited by Federal law.
2007-12-18 11:28:14 · answer #9 · answered by desertviking_00 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No they can't.
Because of the close quarters and long periods away from home port.
I would imaging there is a fear of developing inappropriate relationships.
2007-12-18 06:18:48 · answer #10 · answered by justa 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋