They Have Not Yet Begun to Fight: Women in the United States Navy Submarine Fleet

Abstract

In 2010, the United States Navy allowed the first women to serve on submarines. Since then, officer and enlisted female Sailors have slowly been integrated into the submarine fleet under the watchful eye of Navy leadership. While success and failure have characterized the last six years of their advancement, important lessons can be learned from U.S. Navy history, recent U.S. Army integration techniques, and other nation's integration of women into traditional all-male submarine forces. The inclusion of women throughout U.S. Naval history has seen challenge but never failure, and the same will apply as the Silent Service adapts to include women in all submariner roles.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 11, 2016
Accession Number
AD1031333

Entities

People

  • Joshua A. Meyer

Organizations

  • Air Command and Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Attack Submarines
  • Ballistic Missile Submarines
  • Department Of Defense
  • Fleet Ballistic Missiles
  • Governments
  • Lessons Learned
  • Navy
  • Nuclear Powered Submarines
  • Ohio Class
  • Sexual Harassment
  • Submarines
  • Training
  • United States
  • Uss Minnesota
  • Uss Wyoming
  • Virginia Class
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Gender and Food Studies
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies