[LarryW]

Sorry. This is my personal opinion and if I piss someone off then that's regrettable.

Big Teddy's right in suggesting that if this is approved for submarines then what about SF applications. It's the old goose/gander argument that PC advocates apply out of pure laziness.

IMO, the conditions for existence (not the "living conditions") in submarines, and I'd bet in any QP team (SF, SEAL, Recon, etc) is such that effectiveness will be reduced with women as team members. If the DoD wants to get all warm and fuzzy with PC perspectives then fine, let them field an all female crew for a suibmarine, let them compose a QP team purely with female members, and then measure overall effectiveness to achieve a mission over a period of time. If the effectiveness is acceptable then staff them that way. Otherwise, the PC boys and girls need to go back an take another hit from their bong.

Rant over.