Women Go to New Depths in the Navy
20 May 2010
A crew member walks up to a hatch in a U.S. Navy submarine
DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to American Mosaic in VOA Special English.
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I’m Doug Johnson.
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But first we report on an exciting change in the United States Navy.
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DOUG JOHNSON: The United States Navy has announced that eleven female graduates of its Naval Academy will be among the first American women to serve on submarines. Faith Lapidus tells about the sea-change soon to take place in what is called the “Silent Service.”
FAITH LAPIDUS: Twenty-two-year-old First Class Midshipman Laura Martindale will graduate next Friday from the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. She will also become one of the first women to serve on a United States Navy submarine. She had no idea that would happen when she arrived at the Academy.
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LAURA MARTINDALE: “I always thought submarines were amazing and it wasn’t really something that was open to women when I came to the Naval Academy. I did get to be on a submarine two summers ago and that was it. We went down to depth. I’m driving the submarine and I said ‘Wow, this is for me.’ Thank goodness for Congress and the Admirals that think it’s important because women are going to be on submarines.”
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