Navy Career Information

[Anonymous]

I'm doing a staff study on career opportunities for women in all branches of the armed forces, and I'd like to know 1)how many "occupational specialties" are there in the Navy, and 2)how many of them are open to women?

joseph-pridgen@us.army.mil

[Anonymous]

: I'm doing a staff study on career opportunities for women in all branches of
: the armed forces, and I'd like to know 1)how many "occupational
: specialties" are there in the Navy, and 2)how many of them are open
: to women?


Mmm! Seems like something I should know! I'll find out for you. In the mean time, here's some more info that might be useful to you:

1. http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/people/women/wintop.html This site will give you stats on #s and %s of women in the military and on ships. A couple of things to note about ships that aren't readily obvious: - It appears there hasn't been a drastic increase in numbers of women aboard ships since the lifting of the Risk Rule. There are many more ships available, but many of them are "small boys" (small combatant ships). Some of the Aircraft Carriers are available, but not all, and some only for women officers, because it's not practical to backfit those older carriers for women's berthings. They've decommissioned a lot of Tenders in the last few years, which housed a large number of women in the past. Because of these things, it looks like not a lot of progress has been made, when in fact, it has. - When looking at our assignment choices, we may see a ship that's designated as being able to take women, but when we try to get it, it's a no-go, because there's a limited number of bunks. - Women still can't go on submarines. Not practical with the design and berthing arrangements.

2. http://www.rand.org/publications/MR/MR896/ You may be interested in this study done by RAND, (a non-profit research organization) about women in the military.

3. http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Troy/3825/country/militarywoman/milwoman.htm This is my website. There's some good links on it.

4. Lastly, a thought I've been mulling over a lot that I think may be relevent to your study. Although jobs have opened up tremendously for women in the last several years, the issue of available ship types ties in to this an awful lot, & I don't think it gets considered much. My rating (MOS), for example, is ET (Electronics Techncian). My job encompasses the maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of lots of different types of equipment, including weapons systems, radars, and combat system suites. Since combatant ships were only opened to women a few years ago, any woman in my rating would not have had experience in those systems. Point? Some senior enlisted women may not have experience commensurate with their male counterparts in many, many areas. Women coming in now will, but there's going to be a "lag time" before these women reach senior levels, and as such, have a truly equal base of knowledge and experience to work with. Just a thought... Good luck on your project- Tracy



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