OT: Women on subs

[drashal]

As a former fast attack submariner I can tell to that fitting women on board is going to present some serious logistic issues.

1. the sleeping arrangements are going to make life hell for some women, hot bunking sucks as is for guys, for those who do not uunderstand a Los Angeles fast attack has only 85 bunks on it we have a crew of 110 to 120 depnding on varius things . so about 45 of us are double up on rack space and have to share with the guy on the opisate duty shift that you are on (pray you never get a guy who likes old spice aftershave that stuff smell sticks to every thing in a rack space.

2. then their is the absolute lack of privacy that you have on board (though for women they will hopefully give them one of the outer rack halls and curten it off,

3. the minimal head (bathroom) space, for enlisted we had 5 heads and 5 urnals for our usage which unless they rip the heads apart and design them it will real intresting for them.


4. add the fact that for a 4 month deployment alone each women is going to take up 4 to 5 extra cubic feet of space than a man does (sanitary supplies) now you may not think that is a lot but for 10 women that's a 2 to 3 days worth of rations for the whole crew that cuts back on deployment times.

please don't get me wrong i believe that any women who wants to join the sub community should be able to it just that they should be well aware of the draw backs of it. but also I believe that manitory long term contraceptives should be used (ie the 4+ month shot). getting out of deployment tours by pregnancy should be a disciplinary action. for a man any thing short of full medical will result in a court marshal. so why should some one volunteered for sub duty not be willing to make sure they are deployment ready. as for those who say the military cant force them to take it remember that while you are in the military the military really does own your ass . ask the guys who got court marshaled over tattoos for defacing government property.