European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 10, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Gary Hester it would cause problems by Mike Spear staff writer if the Navy puts women aboard us will the confinement and close proximity of opposite sexes for Long periods at sea Breed promiscuity will men and comfortably and solidly locked into the realm of Matrimony la mates suddenly discover the net is Down and go after each other with darkest lust in their As some fear and what of the single men and women does anyone dare consider what they might do in reality Wilt it be business at with the men and women going about their jobs with no More than the Normal amount no problems thai have existed aboard ships for thousands of years women at the naval station at were asked about this As Well As accommodations the Bene fit of it far their combat versus noncombat and in general what they think life aboard ships might be one of the primary concern of Many ii what effect will the close confines of a ship have on men and women and Susan chief Hospital says wives who Are worried about the closeness of shipboard life should the close proximity and the Long time away from Home make it a she it hard enough to maintain marital Fidelity when the fellow is out Cor eight months to a year vis iting much jew if he pm sex readily available aboard now that potting it comments Yeoman first class Joyce Perry my were i get you get tone married or if youre human you need compan so it All depends on what kind at conditions you led at if youre Happy at Home i dont think youre going to play Amund aboard it depends on the Indi Navy wife Nalena whose husband Adrian a in says the Issue Doest bother her and thai maybe those who Are concerned basically dont Trust their Connie chief looks at the other Side of says she what Are these women doing on land while their Hus bands Are out at sea i think after the newness wears off there will be no problem whatsoever its the newness that causing he Denice a Hospital Man third she said Many men off a ship just want to talk with of some Are she if 8 Man is going to mess around he Doest have to have a ship to do it and he is just As Likely to do it ashore As aboard says Laura journalist second class Olivia photographers mate second who a married to takes the Overall View if All the women my husband Ever met were women in the 1 would say that i was i mean it be glad if be were aboard ship with women in comparison to pulling into the Fulip planet or some other port in the far Ive Beard the sea Sto her who has the same i honestly think it would cause problems if they go to sea during wartime when you have to stay at sea for45 to so Days there might be Olivia do you mean you lend to get Anima Listic women and washing opinions Cindy Koobs id put in for sea Gary you do tend to get thai but thai would probably be the Only problem As i see Connie Honey says it  bother her if women were aboard ship with her husband Steve it toils Down to whether you Trust your husband or not and a lot of women dont the thing i dont agree with is women going out and doing something because they want to show somebody what they can not because they want but Jusi because of the pressure of tie navys proposal to pot women aboard Trot kicked into action several ago when a group of Navy women from son Olep and Washington filed suit in District court a Washington to overturn the 1mb Law which they say is in the Law slates women May not be assigned to duty in aircraft that Are engaged in combat missions nor May they be As signed to duty on vessels of the Navy other than Hospital ships and Navy Secretary Graham Claytor has approved1 the along with the office of management and and he wants women to be allowed to land planes on aircraft carriers for the first time and to serve temporarily on combat but this is viewed by Many women officers As a Compromise that fab to meet the Issue of equal rights for they feel thai the Prin Ciple of Equality requires that Navy like should be ordered to sea rather than have a and while the Navy readies Plant to Send women to the controversy surrounding the Jove has grown in recent there is no widespread even among High Navy on whether it will and it is not known if the majority of the women in the Navy want to go to one longtime a though about 11 All for a minute and said till never toe navys top rear Marine says she tows women will serve combat ships and that there is no Why women  move into Cor mutant command Bolivia Hester some men resent women Bui a former ton woman Navy retired Robin u believes few women would accept the spartan shipboard it May be tolerable to women of other societies but to american she Etta  Young american woman will shun naval service u she is required to go to says Quigley who was assistant chief of naval personnel for women in even Claytor expressed biological reservations about it and opted for Short Navy cruises for he said his own experience on a destroyer in world War ii leads him to believe that women should not be allowed m Long v biology being what u if youre at close quarters for Long periods of you just create be said recently in sending women to sea is nothing radically new for the women have been going to sea for years aboard Navy Hospital ships and but no Navy women sets  have been to sea since the 1975 when the last Hospital the was now under the awaiting congressional a the Navy will assign women to auxiliary ships such w oilers and Supply ships on a permanent basis and to combat ships on a temporary Claytor the coast with he Law Etta bang announced that it will pot two women on of us armed Tea this my the an officer and a Petty of will go aboard toe Morgenthau and Gallatin which perform such duties As enforcing the new 200mile said Owen Slier coast guard radiating Pride Over an Intra service rivalry vip Twy coast guard la proud to be the first service id Lake this historic the Navy is much Erger than of coast guard and what it 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