On: U.S. fleet welcomes newest USS New Jersey, the first gender-neutral submarine

[MarkMarine]

Navy boats have been "love boats" the entire time. Only difference now is some of the crew can get pregnant.

[HeyLaughingBoy → MarkMarine]

Not just Navy ships. What do people think happened on sailing ships when they were gone for over a year trading or whaling?

[snapplebobapple → HeyLaughingBoy]

Butt stuff. We always thought butt stuff.

[hackeraccount → snapplebobapple]

What are the traditions of the Royal Navy? "They are rum, sodomy and the lash." - W. Churchill

The US Navy on the other hand is a temperate organization that doesn't believe in corporal punishment.

[jfengel → hackeraccount]

We also didn't believe in alcohol, at least not as part of the official ration. The Royal Navy "tot" was not abolished until 1970.

(The US actually had one, too, until 1862. The Kiwis kept theirs until 1990.)

[chroma → MarkMarine]

Pregnancies become a bigger problem on submarines because of the limited space for medical facilities and the difficulty of transferring crew on/off the sub.