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Navy recruiting enlisted women for submarine force [View all]
The Navy is recruiting enlisted women to begin serving aboard submarines in 2016.
On Wednesday, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert formally detailed the plan for enlisted female sailors, ranks E-1 (seaman recruit) to E-8 (senior chief petty officer), to request to serve in the Silent Service. Congress approved federal funding for the plan in December.
Chief petty officers and senior chief petty officers will be the first enlisted women assigned to mixed-gender crews.
This is the next step following the integration of female officers into the submarine force. Women officers began reporting to submarines in late 2011.
http://www.theday.com/article/20150121/NWS09/150129941/1018
On Wednesday, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert formally detailed the plan for enlisted female sailors, ranks E-1 (seaman recruit) to E-8 (senior chief petty officer), to request to serve in the Silent Service. Congress approved federal funding for the plan in December.
Chief petty officers and senior chief petty officers will be the first enlisted women assigned to mixed-gender crews.
This is the next step following the integration of female officers into the submarine force. Women officers began reporting to submarines in late 2011.
http://www.theday.com/article/20150121/NWS09/150129941/1018
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