Submarine Swim Calls and Female Crew Incompatible?

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Since CSS HUNLEY, swim calls have been an especially welcomed relief and rare outdoor recreation for submarine crews who relish sunlight. Now that smoking has been banned, how long before swim calls are banned, too? Will swim call prohibition be for health (e.g. shark /seasnake menace, sunburn, drowning, pollution) reasons?

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April 10, 2010 - CNO WASHINGTON DC - INTEGRATION OF WOMEN INTO THE SUBMARINE FORCE

THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE HAS APPROVED INTEGRATION OF WOMEN INTO THE SUBMARINE FORCE. ... UP TO 19 FEMALE OFFICERS WILL BE SELECTED TO BEGIN TRAINING FOR SUBMARINE WARFARE QUALIFICATION STARTING IN JULY 2010...THE DEADLINE FOR LATERAL TRANSFER APPLICATIONS IS 2 JULY 2010. ...DUE TO THE LENGTH OF THE NUCLEAR AND SUBMARINE TRAINING PIPELINE COMBINEDWITH THE REQUIRED SEA ASSIGNMENTS, OFFICERS WHO LATERALLY TRANSFER MAY BE REQUIRED TO MISS A SHORE ROTATION IN ORDER TO CATCH UP WITH THEIR PEERS WHO WERE DIRECTLY ACCESSED INTO THE SUBMARINE FORCE....FEMALE OFFICERSWILL BE ASSIGNED TO THE BLUE AND GOLD CREWS OF SELECTED SSBNS AND SSGNS HOMEPORTED IN EITHER BANGOR, WA OR KINGS BAY, GA. THE NUMBER OF INTEGRATED CREWS WILL EXPAND IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS.

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April 30, 2010 -The Associated Press - Topless women go bonkers over inequality in Maine

Nearly two dozen women marched topless through the college town to protest a double-standard that allows men to take off their shirts on a hot summer day. The topless protest was organized by University of Maine -Farmington student Andrea Simoneau. She participated in a similar event earlier this month in Portland and decided to try it in Farmington.

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2014 (and later) - Female enlisteds in Submarine Swim Calls -

Prohibited? Segregated? Topless? Notice the smoking and swim call in this 25 sec YouTube.

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Submarines are always silent and strange.