Navy prepares submarines for 1st female officers - Yahoo! News: "For Ensign Peggy LeGrand, the biggest concern about serving on a submarine is not spending weeks at a time in tight quarters with an entirely male crew. What worries her is the scrutiny that comes with breaking one of the last gender barriers in the U.S. military.
'I have a feeling more people will be focused on us. Our mistakes and successes will be magnified more than they deserve,' said LeGrand, a 25-year-old Naval Academy graduate from Amarillo, Texas.
LeGrand is among a small group of female officers who are training at sites including Groton, Conn., to join the elite submarine force beginning later this year. While the Navy says it is not treating them any differently from their male counterparts, officials have been working to prepare the submarine crews — and the sailors' wives — for one of the most dramatic changes in the 111-year history of the Navy's 'silent service.'"
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