Navy opening more subs to women as new female officers double
By Megan Eckstein
Tuesday, Nov 21
The Navy plans to expand the number of submarine crews that women can serve with, after doubling the number of female officers coming into the community in recent years, but not yet increasing the number of boats with gender-integrated crews.
Vice Adm. William Houston, the commander of Naval Submarine Forces, last month signed a “major revision” to the force’s gender integration plan that would allow females to serve in all submarine homeports.
San Diego will host integrated crews by the end of this year, with Guam following suit next year, Houston said Nov. 7 at the Naval Submarine League annual symposium.
That plan will increase the number of subs that female officers can serve on from 30 to 40 boats, he said.
The Navy has 69 boats: 51 attack subs and 18 Ohio-class ballistic missile and guided-missile submarines.
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