article_snippet: The first female sailors were introduced to American subs beginning in 2011 as part of a concerted integration effort, which has been labeled a success by the Navy.
article_snippet: Come January, six female officers will join the crews of USS Virginia and USS Minnesota, according to a statement issued in October 2013 by Vice Admiral Michael Connor, commander of Submarine Forces.
article_snippet: A ballistic missile sub such as the USS Wyoming typically has 15 officers and 140 enlisted crew members on board.
article_snippet: Officers of both sexes use the same bathing facilities, but whenever a woman is in the shower a woman is expected to put up a sign indicating a woman presence inside, and a woman male comrades must wait until a woman comes out before entering.
article_snippet: The USS Wyoming was at the forefront of the integration effort, welcoming a dozen female supply and line officers in 2011.
article_snippet: In an ABC News story from May 2012, female submariners talked in glowing terms about how smoothly the integration has been going, and how female submariners biggest challenge was becoming junior officers.
article_snippet: Outside of being female on a submarine, all of us are trying to qualify, all of us us are trying to support the ward room and trying to be a team member.
article_snippet: That is challenging, in itself,’ Ensign Abigail Holt said at the time.
article_snippet: Female officers now serve on at least seven subs.
article_snippet: By 2020, Navy will allow enlisted female sailors to serve on submarines as well.
article_snippet: Since Navy Navy lifted Navy ban on female submariners in 2010, at least 43 women have joined the service.
highlights_snippet: the gender-integrated USS Wyoming was among first submarines in the Navy to have women join the gender-integrated USS Wyoming crew in 2011 .
  