Women already serving on submarines!

Posted By Thomas E. Ricks Friday, July 2, 2010 - 10:35 AM Share

Interesting photo.

U.S. Navy

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JPWREL

4:22 PM ET

July 2, 2010

We must ask Rubber Ducky if

We must ask Rubber Ducky if he thinks that tiaras might become required headgear for female submariners? :-)

NYGDAN

5:36 PM ET

July 2, 2010

Is that Rimah Fakih?

She's the current Miss USA.

I think I like her pole dancing pic better.

RUBBER DUCKY

8:47 PM ET

July 2, 2010

In my boat...

...we let the XO wear the tiara.

LAVBO0321

10:21 PM ET

July 2, 2010

New Navy Uniform

....I know if I were a sailor and God forbid I fell overboard. that is the uniform I would want to be wearing.....NOT

What were they thinking????????

Don't they know that if you want a cool uniform you join the Marines!!!!

Semper Gumby

WHISKEYPAPA

11:08 AM ET

July 3, 2010

Looks Familiar

When I was a PFC serving in the MarDet onboard USS 'Simon Lake' Our skipper arranged it where we could visit a sub while they were doing the sea trial - changing out the crews. I got to ride on the USS 'James K Polk'. I got to fire the missiles (in a system test) with a joy stick just like the one that gal is holding.

Walt

WHISKEYPAPA

11:15 AM ET

July 3, 2010

In fact.........

Seems like that pic has a butt load of classified info in it.

Walt

RUBBER DUCKY

11:29 AM ET

July 3, 2010

USS Virginia (SSN 774)

http://www.public.navy.mil/usff/CSG2/Pages/ThirdConsecutiveMissVirginiaVisitsNamesakeSub.aspx

Question of classified info has been pretty well vetted and found to be not the case in a good submarine blog. YMMV.

WHISKEYPAPA

12:39 PM ET

July 3, 2010

That Link

That link didn't seem to go to a blog. Looks like an official Navy photograph though.

Walt

RUBBER DUCKY

4:36 PM ET

July 3, 2010

And BTW, bad headline

Tom-

"In,' not 'on.' One serves in submarines, not on them. All ships. Per Samuel Eliot Morison, dean of naval writers and Historian of US Naval Operations, WW-II. Admiral Morison, page 6, American Neptune Vol. 9 January 1949: "A sailor serves or fights 'in' a ship and not 'on' a ship; if you use 'on,' it must be accompanied by 'board.'"

RUBBER DUCKY

4:38 PM ET

July 3, 2010

WILLIAMPETER:

http://bubbleheads.blogspot.com/2010/06/miss-virginia-visits-uss-virginia.html#comments

SOLDIERSDIARY

7:22 PM ET

July 4, 2010

RD's dream

RD; this must be your dream post...try not to ruin your keyboard