Enlisted Women Train for Duty on Kings Bay Sub
Crewmembers of the guided-missile submarine USS Florida (SSGN 728) handle a mooring line from a tug boat to be brought alongside submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) in Diego Garcia. (US Navy/Zachary Kreitzer))
Crewmembers of the guided-missile submarine USS Florida (SSGN 728) handle a mooring line from a tug boat to be brought alongside submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) in Diego Garcia. (US Navy/Zachary Kreitzer))
The Brunswick News, Ga. | Aug 07, 2016 | by Gordon Jackson
ST. MARYS -- The U.S. Navy is currently training 38 women to be among the first enlisted women to serve aboard a submarine at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay in Georgia.
After they complete Basic Enlisted Submarine School at Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Conn., the women will be assigned to the two crews that alternate patrols aboard the Ohio-class submarine USS Florida.
Another group of female sailors at a base in Bangor, Wash., has already completed training and they are preparing to be part of the crew of the ballistic missile submarine USS Michigan.
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