Royal Navy's first female submariners

[Jimbuna]

Already been done by the US so here we are with the Royal Navy :salute:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2620232/Sailing-history-books-Navys-women-submariners-Trio-complete-months-training-earn-Dolphins.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27281416

[Sailor Steve]

Just read that on Subsim's front page. Probably a good move, but I still have reservations. Then again, I'm not in charge, nobody asked me, and my opinion doesn't count. Also probably a good thing. :sunny:

[Garion]

MMmMMmm could be hell to be locked up in an enclosed steel tube with them when PMT strikes...... :arrgh!:

I'll get my coat.

Sorry Old skool sailor with pusser sense of humour....:O:
Cheers

gary

[Wolferz]

The number of transfer requests off of subs by the men will quadruple after the first month.:doh::haha:

[Jimbuna]

MMmMMmm could be hell to be locked up in an enclosed steel tube with them when PMT strikes...... :arrgh!:

I'll get my coat.

Sorry Old skool sailor with pusser sense of humour....:O:
Cheers

gary

Well looking at the pictures there are definitely two of the three I wouldn't want to be stuck inside an iron tube with :)

[Wolferz]

Well looking at the pictures there are definitely two of the three I wouldn't want to be stuck inside an iron tube with :)

At least one of those gals looks like ...gah! RUN!
Open the bloody hatch and let me out of here!

[Jimbuna]

At least one of those gals looks like ...gah! RUN!
Open the bloody hatch and let me out of here!

Grab the only bunk in the emergency escape pod....just in case someone gets loose :)

[Sailor Steve]

At least one of those gals looks like ...gah! RUN!
Open the bloody hatch and let me out of here!
She's nearly forty. A bit on the high side for a lieutenant, but the navy doesn't hire for looks, so opinions in that direction don't count. :sunny:

[AVGWarhawk]

Best of luck to these young ladies. I hope their vigilance in the cold Atlantic lets England sleep better at night.

[TarJak]

About time too.

[Wolferz]

She's nearly forty. A bit on the high side for a lieutenant, but the navy doesn't hire for looks, so opinions in that direction don't count. :sunny:

I'd still prefer Lt. Lake.:03::up:

[AVGWarhawk]

At least one of those gals looks like ...gah! RUN!
Open the bloody hatch and let me out of here!

Love is but a light switch away.

[Stealhead]

Ahh you all know after a few beers have removed your inhibitions you'd be all over Penny(the one with with the most inner beauty).

Just an observation I made over the years drinking with friends and knowing the effects myself.

It should be...... beer: helping people lower their inhibitions since 4,000 B.C.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=7myjFBwDlIk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UWXG6aFDck)

[BossMark]

Royal Navy's first female submariners

Jesus just imagine the queue for the bathroom.....

[Jimbuna]

Lt Stiles can look after my logistics any time she wishes :sunny:

[Aktungbby]

Ahh you all know after a few beers have removed your inhibitions you'd be all over Penny(the one with with the most inner beauty)Jesus just imagine the queue for the bathroomWith Hamm's, one could get a little LiTe in their moccasins!:arrgh!: @ Bossmark: the 'Q at the LOO'? No problemo...per the First Sealord: #1 Trident II silo to be converted to a commode:O: 15 missiles will get the job done just as nicely BBY!:woot:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8e/Vigilant_crest.jpg (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8e/Vigilant_crest.jpg)HMS Vigilant>http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Vanguard_at_Faslane_02.jpg/795px-Vanguard_at_Faslane_02.jpg (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/Vanguard_at_Faslane_02.jpg)

[Onkel Neal]

Just because (http://www.subsim.com/new_york_times_sub_article.htm) :)

[ETR3(SS)]

If one can put aside the differences in gender and these ladies can perform to the same standard as the men I say why not. I fear however that what passed as acceptable may not be with this change. Here's to hoping they fit in with the rest of us bubbleheads! :()1:

[Wolferz]

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb295/Wolferz_2007/264222_large.jpg

:yeah:

[swamprat69er]

Shoulders back......Chest out, wwwwwwwaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyy out!:haha::haha:

Better make them officers, otherwise the enlisted men will be all over them.:D

[Tango589]

Regulation issue chastity belt anyone?

[AVGWarhawk]

Regulation issue chastity belt anyone?

Why must the women wear a chastity belt when the other sailors can control themselves? Or is that asking too much? :hmmm:

[Wolferz]

Join the Navy and ride the Waves.:O:

[Sailor Steve]

Why must the women wear a chastity belt when the other sailors can control themselves? Or is that asking too much? :hmmm:
But can they?

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/Fabulous_zpsca2ab53b.jpg (http://s14.photobucket.com/user/SailorSteve/media/Fabulous_zpsca2ab53b.jpg.html)

:O:

[Tango589]

Why must the women wear a chastity belt when the other sailors can control themselves? Or is that asking too much? :hmmm:

I meant for everybody!:huh:

[AVGWarhawk]

I meant for everybody!:huh:

Is there such a thing for men? :o

[Tango589]

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DO NOT GOOGLE MALE CHASTITY BELT!!

:o :o :o

[Paulebaer1979]

In 2002 we had a female sonar operator on U17. She was petty officer second class (Obermaat) and she was "Soni I" and i was "Soni II". Inside the sub nobody she was just a member of the crew. She did her job without any "strange" behaviour.

Since a couple of weeks the german navy has a female watch officer on class 212 subs:
Marine (http://www.marine.de/portal/a/marine/!ut/p/c4/NYq7CsJAEEX_aGYjEdHOuBDS2mjsxmQIg_sIw0QbP97dwnvgNO fiAwuJ3rKQSU4U8I7jJKfnByIp0Ms2DoHxVn8zw5QTW7VxMile lCwrrFkt1LKplgIy4-ga37mD-6_5Hvv-svPtvvVDd8U1xvMPZa1J_Q!!/)

In my opinion it´s no problem to go to the sea with femal crew members.

[swamprat69er]

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DO NOT GOOGLE MALE CHASTITY BELT!!

:o :o :o
amazon.com has them for 35 bucks

[Garion]

If yoo follow one up a ladder do not be tempted to pull the bit if string....:know:

A life lesson if ever there was one...

Oh and I'll get my coat..:arrgh!:

Cheers

Gary

[Jimbuna]

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DO NOT GOOGLE MALE CHASTITY BELT!!

:o :o :o

TOO LATE!! :dead:
http://s7.postimg.org/q5v30e18r/image.jpg (http://postimage.org/)

[Jimbuna]

If yoo follow one up a ladder do not be tempted to pull the bit if string....:know:

A life lesson if ever there was one...

Oh and I'll get my coat..:arrgh!:

Cheers

Gary

That reminds me...best if I have chop sauce on my chips tonight :hmmm:

[Wolferz]

If yoo follow one up a ladder do not be tempted to pull the bit if string....:know:

A life lesson if ever there was one...

Oh and I'll get my coat..:arrgh!:

Cheers

Gary

If you do that, the crab commandos will need to use their parachutes.:O::huh:

[Tango589]

Just don't do your best pirate impression and say 'Arrrggghh, avast behind'.

A kick in the teeth often hurts. Especially from Penny.

[Mr Quatro]

The United Kingdom has competition from France for the best women submarine sailors.

You don't think UK and France and USN know something we don't know about how to repopulate the world in case of a nuclear war do you?: http://www.defensenews.com/article/20140415/DEFREG01/304150034/French-Women-Crew-Ballistic-Missile-Sub-Fleet


PARIS — The French Navy plans to send three women officers to sail in the ballistic missile submarine fleet, a first for the French service, Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said April 15.

“The Navy chief of staff has decided on a trial basis to assign three women officers to a crew on the ballistic missile submarine fleet from 2017, following a selection of volunteers this year and after a training course starting in 2015,”

[Wolferz]

And then the captain was accused of sexual harassment when he ordered his periscope to be raised.

We're going to need a requisition of hot water bottles, birth control and feminine hygiene products from supply.

C'mon baby. Kiss my Bermuda triangle:/\\k:

[Jimbuna]

Chances are these women can more than hold their own (no pun intended).

[vanjast]

..(no pun intended) Spoilsport... :D

After spending most of my misspent high-school years surfing and the beaches were strewn with scantily clad bodies in the smallest bikinis, I joined the Air Force. On arriving for 3 months boot camp, there were about 30 woman also in training. Of course, been spoilt by daily 'beach visuals', this lot were like.... like the back of 30 busses. Mannn it was a let down.

BUT after 3 months of no beach and nothing else but whinging men for company.. I admit they were 'very attractive' :o. But I held my own and didn't let any of that lot touch it. :arrgh!: After all, I was a 'picky' fella.
:har:

[swamprat69er]

Spoilsport... :D
after 3 months of no beach and nothing else but whinging men for company.. I admit they were 'very attractive' :o. But I held my own and didn't let any of that lot touch it. :arrgh!: After all, I was a 'picky' fella.
:har:

The men?:haha:

[STEED]

The question is will they match up to those Russian women that fought in WW2?

Tricky one I'm just not that sure. :hmmm:

[Aktungbby]

The question is will they match up to those Russian women that fought in WW2? Tricky one I'm just not that sure. :hmmm:
I think there wil be no problems on that score and if Tarjak's sub video this AM, with Aussie ladies on post, out-witting the US destroyers is a current example, this even better one of women literally running Western Approaches (Black May) should suffice: http://www.liverpoolwarmuseum.co.uk/maproom/ (http://www.liverpoolwarmuseum.co.uk/maproom/) http://www.liverpoolwarmuseum.co.uk/images/toppics/maproom.jpg" The main operations room was the nerve centre of the Battle of the Atlantic. Huge maps and diagrams of the Atlantic Ocean, convoy routes and the progress of our vital shipping lines was chartered and managed from here.

Much of vital and skilled work was in the capable hands of WRNS and WAAF personnel, and there were seldom less than 50 Wrens on duty here, day and night. This was a combined services operation and Royal Navy, Royal Air Force and Marines would be working alongside each other.

On a massive table in the centre of the room, the ‘situation map’ would be located; on this chart enemy locations could be pin-pointed and total accuracy was necessary to enable the Royal Navy to contact and destroy the enemy." Whether telling the vessels where to go or being aboard, these ladies are 'not for turning' IMHO and that is an established English tradition from the PM (Falklands) on down.:salute:

[vanjast]

The men?:haha:
Damn ..my grammar slip up has made a gay out of me :dead:

Nah! afraid not.. sorry!
:03:

[swamprat69er]

Damn ..my grammar slip up has made a gay out of me :dead:

Nah! afraid not.. sorry!
:03:

Careful on your spelling gay guy gip goy:har:

[swamprat69er]

Damn ..my grammar slip up has made a gay out of me :dead:

Nah! afraid not.. sorry!
:03:
No need to apologize to me. I just pointed out the slip of the tongue. :D

[vanjast]

Careful on your spelling gay guy gip goy:har:

No need to apologize to me. I just pointed out the slip of the tongue. :D
Sounds like you're getting a bit chatty...:hmmm:
:o

[swamprat69er]

Sounds like you're getting a bit chatty...:hmmm:
:o
Not I.