| U.S military promulgated a new policy change in | | | | "They say, 'How could we have the women |
| written congressional testimony that women can | | | | sleeping in the same area as men?'" said Campbell, |
| serve in submarines, catering to the calling of the | | | | co-president of the National Women's Law Center |
| top Pentagon officials. Admiral Mike Mullen, | | | | (NWLC). "But they already separate where the |
| chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the top | | | | officers sleep from the enlisted, so it's not like it |
| U.S. military officer, said that, "I believe we should | | | | can't be done." |
| continue to broaden opportunities for women. One | | | | Roughead also figured the problem of sorting out |
| policy I would like to see changed is the one | | | | accommodations on the U.S. fleet of 71 |
| women's service aboard submarines," Mullen said. | | | | submarines was not insurmountable. |
| Navy Secretary Ray Mabus and the chief of naval | | | | Women are still barred from traditional frontline |
| operation Gary Roughead also go along with this | | | | combat roles in the U.S. military. But female |
| decision. Gary said,"I am very comfortable | | | | soldiers often run the same risks as men in Iraq |
| addressing integrating women into the submarine | | | | and Afghanistan, where bombings and other |
| force". | | | | insurgent attacks can happen almost anywhere |
| In this way, about 15 percent of the more than | | | | and target any U.S. unit. Allowing women on |
| 336,000 members of the U.S. Navy can serve on | | | | submarines would be another step forward in |
| its surface ships. But critics have put the question | | | | expanding the role of women in the U.S. military, |
| that submarines are different, pointing to cramped | | | | even in the whole society. Women service in the |
| quarters where some crews share beds in shifts. | | | | submarines is a vivid example of showing |
| However, this is not difficult to solve. Nancy Duff | | | | women's power. Not only be as teachers, |
| Campbell, an advocate for expanding the role of | | | | doctors, lawyers, nurses, female golfers like |
| women in the U.S. armed forces, said it would be | | | | Michelle Wie etc, women can also service as lady |
| easy to resolve problems associated with | | | | soldiers, which shows that women can do the |
| so-called "hot-bunking." | | | | same as men. |