The first three female officers to join the U.S. Navy's elite submariner force appear to be doing exceptionally well. The Florida Times-Union reported last month that LTJG Marquette Leveque became one of the first Navy female officers in history to be deemed qualified to operate a submarine.
Two other Navy women, LTJG Amber Cowan and LTJG Jennifer Noonan, also qualified in December 2012 at Kitsap-Bangor Naval Base in Washington.
All three women are unrestricted line officers, which means they could one day command a submarine, and are the Navy's first officers to be assigned to the subsurface community since the origins of the Silent Force back in 1888.
Now that the glass ceiling, uh, er, titanium hull of submarines has been shattered by the integration of women into the ranks, it should just be a matter of time before spec-ops units and all combat units are integrated, as well.
[Disclaimer: This is the first and likely will be the last post about submarines or submariners ever to appear on this blog.]
Now that the glass ceiling, uh, er, titanium hull of submarines has been shattered by the integration of women into the ranks, it should just be a matter of time before spec-ops units and all combat units are integrated, as well.
[Disclaimer: This is the first and likely will be the last post about submarines or submariners ever to appear on this blog.]
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