(군사) 미 핵잠수함 여승조원 탑승 허락
(군사) 미 핵잠수함 여승조원 탑승 허락
Making waves. Anne Curry goes where women have rarely gone. But that’s about to change. Nightly News begins now. There aren’t too many jobs left in American life that bar women and yet another barrier has fallen. Congress today approved the Navy’s historic decision to allow women to serve onboard submarines. Opening the deep sea is to one of the final frontiers for women in the US military. Tonight Anne Curry takes us onboard a Trident missile sub where women will soon join those ranks지위.
Sunrise over the Atlantic. And we head to a place where for more than a century women have rarely gone. A submarine! The USS Marilyn, a ballistic missile nuclear sub, carries a crew of 160 men. But today in a node to changing times, congress approved the Navy’s historic decision allowing women to serve on submarines. Another key reason? Nearly half of all science and engineering degrees are now awarded to women. Just the kind of background needed on a nuclear sub.
But for decades, privacy was the argument why women could not serve on subs. Quarters숙소are close. Space tight. The crew sleeps nine to a room among rows of nuclear missiles. But with an eye to the new reality, the navy is adapting. The first women will be officers who already have separate quarters. And with some simple adjustments such as changing signs, and putting locks on doors, the Navy says these subs could be quickly ready for women.
The greater challenge may be a social one. The men at the USS Marilyn used to living in their own underwater world have developed a strong bond. With deployments lasting up to 80 days, this all male crew will have to adjust. A change that may be easier for a generation that has grown up with women in the military. A new reality finally letting women go to a place they have never gone before. Anne Curry, NBC news, the Atlantic Ocean.