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Female Sailors Certified To Serve On Subs

October 30 2020

Japan

An initial batch of female Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force officers have qualified to serve on submarines, reports the Asahi Shimbun (Tokyo).

Five officers were officially certified to serve aboard submarines on Oct. 29, during a ceremony at the Submarine Training Center at the JMSDF Kure base in Hiroshima prefecture.

The women began training in February and started practical training aboard the Michishio training submarine in June.

Female officers were previously banned from...

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