Matt Walsh talks about the Navy bragging about their latest innovation: a gender-neutral submarine. Watch the Navy’s promo for the USS New Jersey in this video.
Navy launches USS New Jersey, first US submarine built for both genders (Fox News) 5.6K comments on article
The U.S. Navy commissioned a new submarine on Saturday, the first vessel in its fleet designed to fully integrate male and female sailors. The USS New Jersey, a fast-attack Virginia-class submarine, was commissioned during a ceremony at Naval Weapons Station Earle in Middletown, New Jersey. “You operate the most complex platform on the planet and you continuously strive for excellence,” New Jersey’s commanding officer Cmdr. Steve Halle addressed the submarine’s crew during the ceremony. “I’m amazed and humbled at what we have accomplished.” “Our superior professionalism is enhanced by our crew integration and our diversity,” Halle continued. “We have exceeded expectations at every turn and overcome every obstacle set before us.” . . . .
What People Are Saying
(From the comments section)
“This is one of the most dangerous, idiotic, woke decisions ever. To think you are going to have 18-20 year old men and women cramped together for 6 months at a time and not have problems. I remember when they put women on surface ships, jealousies, affairs and pregnancies were the results. The performance went downhill. There were transfers of females, court marshals, etc. Now they will be cramped in a cylinder under the ocean. This is a safety issue, you cannot devoid young men and women from being young men and women. Big problems coming on a billion dollar nuclear submarine.”
“WOW a DEI submarine now I really feel safe!”
“Gee, I’m sure that’s really important, glad that they didn’t spend those monies on useless stuff like stealth and weapons…smh”
“They are not really separating them, they are making it more convenient to cohabitate and making it so weak people can operate the machinery and levers. And yes, I just retired last month after 36 years in the military. The plug has been pulled and the military is in the final stages of swirling down the drain.”
“This, I would think shouldn’t be a problem with the sheer amount of surveillance in the subs today. It’s really the gay and trans people that present a real problem with morale. People I know there say that.”
“As an Iraq war vet who served in a co-ed unit, I can say that going to war with women is one of the worst things you can do. It is a very bad idea. It creates unnecessary problems for commanders and weakens the units overall strength and war fighting capacity. That is just the fact.”
“If you did not decide to go woke you would not have had to retrofit subs and designate washrooms thus saving millions of dollars. Now you are going to have to do that on all new build of subs, ships, etc. Go woke, go broke.”
“My son just retired he said after 20 years you can’t even recognize the Military anymore it’s changed so much with this nonsense.”
“My husband said the same thing he was so happy to get out. After everything he has learned being in and now being out of the military and he is a 4 generation military family, says he would never ever recommend anyone to go to the military unless they want to be a lawyer or a doctor otherwise stay far away.”
“I still know people who are active duty now and I was active duty for 12 years. None of it will be new it will just be new on a new submarine. I’ve known junior lady petty officers who made a bunch of money from their shipmates on liberty. They talked it up and got totally free liberty and made $$ to boot. There was a female PO1 whose sister let slip she had an abortion immediately after cruise. It is not hearsay and there is a lot more. Human nature is all you have to understand along with having a very small portion of common sense.”
“I served 20 years in the Navy. When my son asked about serving, I had to encourage him not to. Very sad.”
“I am a US Navy submariner vet. Submarine culture is very different. This project is going to have a lot of problems. You’re in your own world on a sub, the stress you’re under is immense and in the event of an emergency there is no room for failure. Pregnancy will affect the boat hard because replacing a crew member short notice is close to impossible.”
“I served on a frigate when we first brought females on board. All this issues Mat claimed would happen, did happen. We gained nothing except lots of sexual tension and a general reduction in morale. Well, except for the people who were now getting laid underway.”
“Yep, was on an FFG back in 90-91, went ashore due to an injury and working with female sailors was very different, lots of drama, lots of BS. Females in my rate (Boatswain’s Mate) couldn’t do the same work and it was disgusting to see them in a working party refuse to carry their load because Navy regs only require them to carry 30 pounds when the cans of paint we hand to move were 50 pounds. Saw female sailors tell others to get pregnant to get out of deployment and the one ship attached to our base with women, was always breaking down and at the time some 50 female sailors and over 100 males were busted for prostitution or soliciting. After Tailhook and the endless sexual harassment stand-down trainings, where a feminazi in shoulder pads lectured us on why men bad, and seeing the writing on the wall, I decided not to re-enlist. There were other reasons, but this was in the mix. And I saw where it was headed back in 93!”
“I was a soldier in the Army back when women were not allowed to be combat arms units. But due to some fluke reason, while we were in Iraq, a female cook was assigned to our artillery unit. Immediately, problems arose. Special accommodations had to be made just for her. Guys were constantly hitting on her. Some guys would go out of their way to “help her out” with work, to curry favor with her. It’s human nature crap like that which breaks down unit cohesion and is simply avoided by removing women from the equation. There was zero benefit to her being there but plenty of cons.”
“As a Navy submarine vet, this is a terrible idea. It used to be a difficult task of getting your submarine warfare pin (dolphins). There are a number of tasks on board a submarine during any kind of casualty, whether it be flooding, fire, reactor emergency, or any kind of other emergency. Will women be able to perform basic tasks in emergencies, like pulling unconscious grown men out of compartments that are filling up with smoke, or fire, among many other tasks. Operating valves when under tension make it extremely difficult for them to shut or open. Do we expect a 140 pound female to carry or even drag a 240 pound male out of a compartment when necessary? There’s a reason why women weren’t allowed on submarines since their inception, and it wasn’t because the Navy are discriminating, or it wasn’t because they were going to come back pregnant either.”
“As a Navy Submariner. I want all you non-submariners to know something! Everything you’re thinking might happen…has and probably will again.”
“It’s going to be a massive problem. On surface ships, female sailors get pregnant at alarmingly high rates. Every now and then the press wants to attribute this to “assault,” but the reality is most of these liaisons are consensual. When these female sailors get pregnant, they’re taken back to shore, which obviously disrupts the operation of the boat. Everything is worse on a sub. All of the crew (~100) is necessary for operating the boat, which stays submerged much of the time. So when a female sailor gets pregnant in this new regime, the sub must break off its mission, surface, rendezvous with transportation to get the pregnant female off, find some way to replace her in a small crew and then get back to its mission. This is ignoring lack of strength for performing damage control, mood swings on a monthly cycle, etc. It’s a disaster waiting to happen.”
“My word! Half those girls will wind up pregnant and that’s a fact. During Desert Storm they had a hospital ship that had so many pregnancies they called the ship ‘The Love Boat’.”
“The ship you are referring to was the USS ACADIA (AD-42). It was aa destroyer tender with 30% of the crew female. (I know because I was there.) I had three junior females and one male working for me in my division. None of my girls got pregnant during that cruise, but some 56 females in all did, although the command claimed that 42 were married and became impregnated either before deployment or during overseas portcalls when their husbands visited and got a hotel room ashore. I think the Navy made a major mistake in 1978 when the WAVES were disestablished and women were incorporated into the regular Navy to be assigned to sea duty. No one will ever convince me that women belong aboard ships or submarines. If military readiness and warfighting are your aims, then leave the ships to the men…… I was telling you what the command ‘claimed.’ Yes, I agree that even 14 is a high number. There were 330 women assigned to ACADIA out of a crew of nearly 1200. Yes, there were female berthing (NOT ‘birthing’) compartments aboard ship. The problem for illicit couples ‘hooking up’ was where to find an isolated space where they could consummate their relationship. The ship was more akin to a college campus where the sexual tension was always flying high. Nuts!!!”
“USN vet here. Women have to be carried which degrades the overall performance of the ship. They can’t cope with the long periods at sea and break down much faster than the males. I remember the long line every morning leading to medical for morning sick call, all female. There are other issues including discipline which is a nightmare. Women don’t respond to male authority the same as other males will. Then there is the pregnancy issue. Going to sea for months at a time sucks. The best way to avoid a deployment is to get pregnant. The Navy will give them a nice easy job on base that used to be filled by male sailors on their much deserved shore duty rotation. Shore duty continues after pregnancy because the mother needs to be with the infant. You will hear the truth from vets, usually after they have been discharged, about the performance of women in all the branches.”
“50% of the females will turn up pregnant before deployment, so they don’t have to deploy. Since pregnancy is a “temporary” medical condition, their position will not be back-filled, and the ship will deploy short handed. As an ex-Naval Officer, I saw this trend happen again and again with the non-combatant ships (ie. Tenders) when I served. And, I will end with this — I would have resigned my commission before serving on that boat.”
“I met my current wife aboard the USS Holland (AS-32). She was part of the very first tranche of female sailors assigned to shipboard duty. Of the 200 females initially detailed to the Holland, only 2 completed their full tours – my wife being one of them. The other was a lesbian. As you say, when it got difficult – they got pregnant (even many of the lesbians).”
“I spent six years active duty in the USN, mostly aboard a guided missile destroyer. Three overseas deployments. I am utterly disgusted with this new progressive poison being pushed by “leadership”. It has nothing to do with war fighting lethality. Worst of all, on a personal level, instead of looking forward to my sons carrying on a long family tradition of military service, I now discourage them from serving at all.”
“Women have been on submarines for a long time. This one was just actually designed with that in mind instead of having converted male quarters and lots of inconveniences as a result. But what a nightmare to call it a win for “inclusivity.” That sounds more like a win for politics and a loss for the Navy.”
“Retired from the active duty Navy in 2003 when it was a lot less woke. In all my years at sea I only served on one ship with females as crew and it was the only tour that made me want to quit. Gutted it out and moved onto better things but females on ships are NOT physically capable of doing what needs to be done. Yes there are exceptions but the rule is no. In the 80s the Navy gave it a go with an all female crewed frigate. I believe it was declared a failure after just a week.”
“My husband was in the Navy for 20 years. He said there were Coed supply ships. 20% of the sailors on these ships were women. He said many of the women came back pregnant. I can only imagine what will happen when being out at sea on a Coed submarine for 6 months.”
“I will say this, I was enlisted on a Destroyer. During one of our refueling, the chief in charge decided to have all Female sailors on the refueling line. I was one of those female sailors on the line. It could not have been more of a crap show. It’s funny, looking back on not now, but in the moment you are working the hardest You have ever worked. There were tiny little girls being lifted off the deck. Mind you, If you have never been on a ship during refueling, We were not sitting dead in the water, we were traveling Alongside the bigger ship with the fuel. There’s water spray, the deck is wet, Eventually, some male sailors, even the chief had to step in and help because we were not getting the line in place. It’s funny now, and I am proud to say I did six years in the Navy. I got to see so much of the world I would have not seen otherwise. Not to mention the camaraderie. I am a lot tougher because of the Navy. I met my husband on the ship. But I cannot imagine being under the ocean, hot racking or not surfacing for weeks. One of my greatest memories of being on a destroyer was going out in the middle of in the ocean and not seeing land or another ship, The sea breeze on my face. You don’t have that in submarine. My rant is over, no hate to the men who do this necessary job underwater. But I would not raise my hand as a woman to be the first.”
“Thank God I got out when I did! As a former submarine-sailor I can testify to the difficulties that people experience on a sub. These claustrophobic steel cans can break the seemingly-toughest of men; both mentally and sometimes physically. One of the first things that I can think of is proper hygiene. Again it’s hard enough for men to stay clean on a sub. Women have even more extreme cleanliness needs.”
“As a former US Navy Submariner, I absolutely concur with Matt’s conclusions regarding this policy. Unfortunately, you won’t find any currently serving members voicing their true opinions. The khaki lifers who’ve drunk the woke Kool-aid, will claim the force is the “best evarr” now. We used to be unique. Now days, you best watch your back. A submarine is a very small place to be constantly walking on eggshells. From what I’ve heard, I’m glad I served then…and not now.”
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