Women on Subs? NEAL!

[AVGWarhawk]

Okay, I don't know if this is just my dirty imagination, but do you actually mean the torpedos and tubes, or do you mean the "torpedos" and the "tubes"...

No, you are thinking correctly or 'dirty imagination' as it were! Just a play on words to involk the dirty imagination!

[antikristuseke]

Originally Posted by ETR3(SS)

So what I've seen this thread boil down to is this. You have the couple of people who have been in the navy, been on a submarine, saying what the women are likely to do and how it would realistically impact the fleet. On the other hand you have the people who haven't been in the navy, who haven't served on a submarine, who don't see the problem with it. Guess you just gotta have a little first hand knowledge of Navy women to know whats gonna happen.

Thats fair enough, I suppose. Still, think those inevitable complications can be ironed out with no loss of the forces fighting ability.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Carotio

Okay, I don't know if this is just my dirty imagination, but do you actually mean the torpedos and tubes, or do you mean the "torpedos" and the "tubes"...



I'm not harsh on myself regarding the bad reputation thingy, I actually find it amusing...
So why didn't you come? The finances? Or the wife saying no?

Last sentence - ???

25th wedding anniversary, son ordered to join his next vessel at Alaska with minimal notice and daughter commencing sports academy all culminating unexpectedly at the same time.

[FIREWALL]

So Jim... RL kicks you in the seat of the pants too huh ?

[Onkel Neal]

Excuses, excuses

[Captain Vlad]

Originally Posted by ETR3(SS)

So what I've seen this thread boil down to is this. You have the couple of people who have been in the navy, been on a submarine, saying what the women are likely to do and how it would realistically impact the fleet. On the other hand you have the people who haven't been in the navy, who haven't served on a submarine, who don't see the problem with it. Guess you just gotta have a little first hand knowledge of Navy women to know whats gonna happen.

And I guess you have to be a little removed from military 'culture' to realize just how much anyone in uniform tends to bitch about change in what they see as 'the way it ought to be', no matter how many long-term advantages it offers.

Ya' griped about female fighter pilots, but it worked. Ya' griped about female surface ship officers, but it worked. Etc etc etc.

But that's the secret of the US military: get its members to stop griping, and they can make anything work. Step one is always a challenge though.

[SteamWake]

Ahoy Maities !



News story on the topic

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090928/...ines_women_odd

[I'm goin' down]

Subsim Naval Intelligence likes our picture better.

[SteamWake]

Looks like a good way to break an ankle those heels.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Excuses, excuses

Wey ya bugga....and you were the first to know/informed

Next year the Grey Wolves meet in London (hopefully) and you are the guest of honour.



ANYONE CONNECTED WITH SS IS MOST WELCOME......BETTER STILL, WE COULD MAKE NEXT YEARS MEET A SS ONE

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by FIREWALL

So Jim... RL kicks you in the seat of the pants too huh ?

Well, not really, but I suppose you could say that, seeing as the Gods conspired against me I don't think I had much choice in the end

What I missed most was meeting Neal and the folk/friends I made in Texas again last year.

I'm generally the first to accuse people of making up bull****ting excuses and took my RL demands a little too seriously as a result at first.

But hey! there is always next year.

At least I didn't spend the time in jail like my friend James/undersealance corporal

If next year in London becomes a reality I would feel as if I'd made up for the despair I felt this year.

[AVGWarhawk]

[Elder-Pirate]

Ya gotta give those "Waves" credit for they helped build and repair planes during WWII


WAVES aircraft mechanics working on a SNJ aircraft, Naval Auxiliary Air Station,
Whiting Field, Pensacola, Florida, United States, circa 1943-1945; note Pratt
& Whitney R-1340 Wasp radial engine.



WAVES Aviation Machinist's Mates working on a SNJ training plane and its Pratt & Whitney R-1340 radial engine, Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 24 July 1943

So why not let them work on our Subs?

Reading this Google page of "Navy women on submarines" sure makes it very believable.

http://www.google.com/search?cf=all&...+on+submarines

[nikimcbee]

Apr 1, 2008 ... Now, however, with the backing of outgoing President George Bush, the Navy plans to get women into submarines and avoid mixing with seamen ...

Sounds like a troupe of baboons that are in heat.

[FIREWALL]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

Well, not really, but I suppose you could say that, seeing as the Gods conspired against me I don't think I had much choice in the end

What I missed most was meeting Neal and the folk/friends I made in Texas again last year.

I'm generally the first to accuse people of making up bull****ting excuses and took my RL demands a little too seriously as a result at first.

But hey! there is always next year.

At least I didn't spend the time in jail like my friend James/undersealance corporal

If next year in London becomes a reality I would feel as if I'd made up for the despair I felt this year.

I'll be there with you next time.

To keep OT ... Lets see what happens when the first one gets knocked uo while on patrol.