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Thursday, January 15, 2009

Australian commander lashed over bikini gaffe

An Australian navy submarine skipper who suggested female sailors wear bikinis to help reverse a recruitment crisis has been criticised by lawmakers but supported by superiors, local media said on Thursday.

Commander Tom Phillips, appointed to the Australian navy's HMAS Farncomb last year, also joked in a men's magazine interview that the submariner equivalent of the notorious "mile-high club" for people having sex in aircraft was the "going down club".

Asked by Ralph magazine "if female sailors all had to be hot and had to wear bikinis, would that help recruitment?", Phillips responded: "It would certainly get the right demographic of young men in. I'm not sure how feasible it is, however."

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  1. Pete15/1/09 21:22

    After two months at sea all female sailors in the Royal Australian Navy would look better than the Able Seaman pictured. Regulation bikinis also save on uniform costs and dry cleaning etc.

    Due to Christmas-family obligations I've been blog quiet these last few weeks.

    Pete

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