Search This Blog

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Royal Navy prepares to let women serve on submarines for the first time

Astute class submarineMilitary bosses are ­planning to lift the ban on women serving on Royal Navy submarines.

The move is revealed in a leaked letter which comes after concerns over health risks were dismissed.

The memo – sent to Navy bosses by the office of the Fleet’s deputy chief of staff – says: “The Navy Board is wholeheartedly committed to the principle of giving women the same opportunity as men.

Read more
om

No comments:

Post a Comment

Note: only a member of this blog may post a comment.

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Fair Use Notice

This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner.

The material is being made available in an effort to advance understanding arms trade activities, for non-profit research and educational purposes only.

I believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law.

If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.

This is a completely non-commercial site for private personal use. No fee is charged, and no money is made off of the operation of this site.