It's a giant phallic object full of seamen. It's about time they let the girls ride it.

That's like a triple ontondre, subby. Good job!

"they'll remain mostly full of seamen....just like the submariners"

FTFY, subby

RexTalionis: The Royal Navy - it's nothing but rum, sodomy and the lash.

AKA the weekend?

Great, Red October will be every month

Thoguh: pudding7: I didn't know that the US had already allowed it. Are any women actually servicing serving on submarines yet?

I believe that there are female officers on submarines now.

I figured that would be how it went down. Not enough space on the enlisted side of things to have separate heads and bunking areas. At least on the attack boats.

Women are typically smaller than men and need less food and water. Given space constraints on submarines and potentially long durations between restocking it makes sense to have largely female crews.

angry_scientist: Great, Red October will be every month

"One ping poon only, please"

/got nothin

angry_scientist: Great, Red October will be every month

You sick, magnificent bastard.

\I larfed heartily

pudding7: I didn't know that the US had already allowed it. Are any women actually servicing serving on submarines yet?

The USS Virginia is in port in my hometown and they marched one complement in the Xmas parade -- 60+ dudes, no women.

/anecdote =/= data

It's bad luck to have a woman on a submarine.

It's the New Royal Navee..



...its a gas, man

They gonna get infested with parasite(s) then what?

I guess they have to be more specific now when saying "man the torpedoes"

pudding7: I didn't know that the US had already allowed it. Are any women actually servicing serving on submarines yet?

They have reported aboard a few BNs and GNs.

ha-ha-guy: I figured that would be how it went down. Not enough space on the enlisted side of things to have separate heads and bunking areas. At least on the attack boats.

The '88 and Seawolf classes weren't designed for it, so it won't happen there. The VA class is flexibly designed, plus most of them are not yet built so we should see women serving on them once a talent pool is built in the boomer fleet. We pretty much tied Britain's hands by allowing women on subs; they're late to the party and trying to beat us by putting them on SSNs (Astute) before we do.

Good luck with that, ladies. Submarining is a hard f*cking life, even without any actual hard f*cking. However, I guarantee you that any of the female JOs in this inaugural class of female dolphin-seekers that stay in the Navy will not just make command but make full-bird Captain. Look how well that turned out for USS Cowpens.

I can't imagine how much shagging would be going on while trapped underwater in a giant metal cage.

angry_scientist: Great, Red October will be every month

I lold

Our poontang! Where is it? Answer that one, Herr Goering! The British have plenty of it! Talking big is all he's good for, that fat slob.

...thanks for explaining the joke...that makes it more funny...no, not really

/knows a thing or two about being filled with sperms.

Franz, stop humping that diesel, we're getting frauleins next week.

Farking While Farking: Women are typically smaller than men and need less food and water. Given space constraints on submarines and potentially long durations between restocking it makes sense to have largely female crews.

Yeah but can you image the results of a fully female crew being in constricting quarters for long stretches of time. Take a burlap sack, fill it with cats, drop it in a pond. The results would be similar.

Jerkwater: The USS Virginia is in port in my hometown and they marched one complement in the Xmas parade -- 60+ dudes, no women.

No attack boats have females yet.

RivenSilver: I can't imagine how much shagging would be going on while trapped underwater in a giant metal cage.

Less than you'd think. There is nearly nowhere to get privacy for more than 30 seconds (plenty for some, I know). Oxygen levels are always low which reduces all manner of good feelings. Sleep is at an extreme premium. Submariners in general are smarter and more career-minded, and the women they've picked are head-of-the-class types... less likely to be sluts on both sides of the equation and thus more likely to be deterred by the law specifically against it.

There will be a lot less than on skimmer boats; not "none" but a lot less.

factoryconnection: pudding7: I didn't know that the US had already allowed it. Are any women actually servicing serving on submarines yet?

They have reported aboard a few BNs and GNs.

ha-ha-guy: I figured that would be how it went down. Not enough space on the enlisted side of things to have separate heads and bunking areas. At least on the attack boats.

The '88 and Seawolf classes weren't designed for it, so it won't happen there. The VA class is flexibly designed, plus most of them are not yet built so we should see women serving on them once a talent pool is built in the boomer fleet. We pretty much tied Britain's hands by allowing women on subs; they're late to the party and trying to beat us by putting them on SSNs (Astute) before we do.

Good luck with that, ladies. Submarining is a hard f*cking life, even without any actual hard f*cking. However, I guarantee you that any of the female JOs in this inaugural class of female dolphin-seekers that stay in the Navy will not just make command but make full-bird Captain. Look how well that turned out for USS Cowpens.

It's Officers only so they will have their own quarters while ordering the enlisted crewmen around.

Egoy3k: Farking While Farking: Women are typically smaller than men and need less food and water. Given space constraints on submarines and potentially long durations between restocking it makes sense to have largely female crews.

Yeah but can you image the results of a fully female crew being in constricting quarters for long stretches of time. Take a burlap sack, fill it with cats, drop it in a pond. The results would be similar.

In addition, women who spend a lot of time together eventually sync their cycles. So if you get inexplicably torpedoed on your next deep sea fishing/drinking expedition, you'll know why.

factoryconnection: pudding7: Good luck with that, ladies. Submarining is a hard f*cking life, even without any actual hard f*cking. However, I guarantee you that any of the female JOs in this inaugural class of female dolphin-seekers that stay in the Navy will not just make command but make full-bird Captain. Look how well that turned out for USS Cowpens.

I had to go look that up on wikipedia. Suddenly the red october comment made me laugh in a darker way.

Squeaking from the freaking.

Approves.

Monty Python Boat full of men men men song running through my head now.

//throw the women overboard nobody here but men

Thoguh: Counterpoint: Have you ever seen, or had to hear about from a girlfriend/wife, an all female work environment? It's not something we would even wish on our enemies.

My wife used to work at a domestic violence shelter... needless to say the staff was exclusively women. It got pretty dicey at times, despite the general education level (all had degress, most had masters) and charitable intent. The crazy-ass clients didn't help. Some of them were even sexist towards male volunteers (like me) no matter how often I was there nor how much good I did.

God bless 'em for trying, though. Thankless profession.

Gergesa: Suddenly the red october comment made me laugh in a darker way.

We sometimes refer to it as "Nobody puts Master Chief in a corner!" Yes, Master Chief is an actual rank in the Navy... the highest available for enlistedmen and typically not to be f*cked with.

Why would anyone want to spend months in a metal tube?

I hope they pay those guys well.

Oh, good. A women-serving-on-submarines thread. The last one I remember went to well over 800 posts, some of which were actually intelligent. Too bad I'm out of popcorn....

factoryconnection: Thoguh:

We sometimes refer to it as "Nobody puts Master Chief in a corner!" Yes, Master Chief is an actual rank in the Navy... the highest available for enlistedmen and typically not to be f*cked with.

My old man before retiring managed to achieve this rank (pay grade E7, I believe?). When my mother was in labor with me, she called the naval base to get the old man. The guy she was talking to kept saying, "Well, I don't know. He hasn't been getting a lot of sleep lately, are you sure about this?".

My mother was frustrated at the time, but I agree with the guy. Don't wake the farkin' Chief unless you got a damn good reason.

These women will be the cream of the pie!!!

nervoust: It's Officers only so they will have their own quarters while ordering the enlisted crewmen around.

On the Cold War era designs though only a few senior officers got their own room though. The rest of the officers just got semi private space which was a step up from what the enlisted folks got. So unless everyone gets a private room on the VAs, you're still going to need to be assigning the women in at least pairs.

It seems like you're getting into the area of diminishing returns. Women are a minority in the fleet and an even small subsection of that minority will volunteer for sub duty. Then you need to them to qualify and assign them to the fleet in at least pairs likely. Seems like a big pain for personnel.

Popcorn - check

sea men, seamen, semen

factoryconnection: However, I guarantee you that any of the female JOs in this inaugural class of female dolphin-seekers that stay in the Navy will not just make command but make full-bird Captain. Look how well that turned out for USS Cowpens.

Hey, so Graf had some faults, but she wasn't exactly Ilse Koch.